Consent and Ethics: Adults

e-Learning

• RCS England – free e-Learning resource on Duty of Candour
• NHS Health Education England – e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) e-Learning module that focuses on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• NHS Health Education England – e-LfH e-Learning module that deals with many of the issues surrounding End of Life Care

Other useful sources of information

• The anaesthetist, restrictive interventions and restraint teams by Dr L Brennan
• UK Clinical Ethics Network

Below are some podcasts to illustrate some more complex issues as case studies or reviews:

• Inside the Ethics Committee, BBC Radio 4 – Advanced Decisions
• Inside the Ethics Committee, BBC Radio 4 – Mentally Ill and refusing treatment
• Inside the Ethics Committee, BBC Radio 4 – Phobia, capacity and consent
• Inside the Ethics Committee, BBC Radio 4 – Dementia and treatment
• Inside the Ethics Committee, BBC Radio 4 – Restraining Patients in ICU (ITEC)

Below are some links which focus on the Mental Capacity Act and its role in clinical practice:

• British Medical Association (BMA) – Mental capacity toolkit
• Social Care Institute for Excellence – Mental Capacity Act (MCA) – e-Learning course