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Consent & decision-making

The consent illusion is believing information alone is understanding.

Being told is not the same as being helped to understand.

Consent should not be reduced to a signature, a rushed explanation or a passive nod. WardWise supports the public in asking clearer questions about benefits, risks, alternatives, pressure and what happens if they wait or decline.

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Consent & decision-making

Consent is not theatre. It is understanding.

This bridge page preserves the consent pathway and points readers toward the deeper WardWise consent articles and tools.

Scope: This page is educational and organisational only. It does not provide diagnosis, treatment, legal advice, emergency advice or regulated advocacy.

Core consent

What you are actually agreeing to

Understand benefits, risks, alternatives and consequences before agreeing.

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Pressure

When advice stops feeling like choice

Notice pressure, pace and emotional framing in healthcare decisions.

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Questions

Questions are part of consent

Asking questions is not resistance. It is part of informed choice.

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Bundle

Consent & Decision Bundle

Use structure when decisions are complex, rushed or emotionally loaded.

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Tool

Consent Decision Quick Tool

A practical prompt sheet for decision conversations.

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Framework

Use the 6 Rs

Recognise, respond, raise, represent, recover and record during consent pressure.

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Use the 6 Rs

Turn uncertainty into a clearer route.

Recognise what is happening, respond proportionately, raise concerns where needed, represent context, recover the plan and record what was said.

RecogniseNotice change, risk or uncertainty.
RespondChoose the next calm, proportionate action.
RaiseSpeak up if concern remains.
RepresentSupport baseline, wishes and context.
RecoverBring the plan back into focus.
RecordPreserve what was said and agreed.

Next step

Consent should serve the person, not the process. Stay clear, practical and public-facing.

Use WardWise to move from confusion into better questions, better records and a clearer next step.

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