The Medical Protection Society (MPS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the General Medical Council’s (GMC) survey on its Consent guidance. On a daily basis, MPS’s expert medico-legal advisers support doctors with a wide range of legal and ethical problems that arise from professional practice. Questions around patient consent are a regular occurrence on our member advice line and the GMC’s guidance on consent is a very important document for the profession.

To read the full response: MPS response to the GMC's guidance on consent.

Further information

For further information, please contact Thomas Reynolds, Policy & Public Affairs Manager at MPS on 0207 399 1314 or [email protected]

About MPS

MPS is the world’s leading protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of more than 300,000 members around the world. Membership provides access to expert advice and support together with the right to request indemnity for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.

Our in-house experts assist with the wide range of legal and ethical problems that arise from professional practice. This can include clinical negligence claims, complaints, medical and dental council inquiries, legal and ethical dilemmas, disciplinary procedures, inquests and fatal accident inquiries.

MPS is not an insurance company. We are a mutual non-for-profit organisation and the benefits of membership of MPS are discretionary as set out in the Memorandum of Articles of Association.