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Continuing Professional Development > Tools & guidance > Communicating benefit and risk – General Medical Council

Communication and consent

Communicating benefit and risk – General Medical Council

The General Medical Council guidance on consent is extensive, and broken down on their website into different sections, including one on explaining side effects, complications and other risks and an overview of consent and the resources available to provide support in this respect.

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