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Consent to Medical Treatment

Asked by Dr Scott ArthurLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 19 March 2026UIN 120513

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the Written Answer given on 2 March 2026 (UIN 114544), does he plan to review or update this guidance.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Department has no current plans to review or update informed consent guidance in protecting National Health Service clinicians from subsequent legal challenge where animal-derived ingredients are used in medicines or treatments without explicit disclosure.

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