Half Day Decision Making and Consent in Maternity Services Programme

Our half day maternity programme – Decision Making and Consent in Maternity Services – will run on Friday 11th October; timings will be 09:15 meet/welcome for a 9:30 start, with a 13:00 finish.

This is a practical workshop to support staff from maternity services to become highly proficient in decision making and consent to interventions during childbirth.

The workshop will begin with an overview of the ethical, professional and legal frameworks that support good practice. It will then cover well evidenced models that can be used to structure decision making and consent conversations, before supporting participants to practice skills relevant to everyday practice.

We will look at common challenges including applying evidence based care/guidelines to individuals and managing and communicating risk, as well as managing challenging conversations.

The programme is highly interactive with an emphasis on skill practice and development and will be delivered using a participative and experiential learning process supported by expert input. We will create many opportunities to practice skills and challenge you to identify how you can apply your learning to your own work place settings.

Prior to the workshop you will receive a reflective briefing pack.