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Consent+ · Digital informed consent

consent that travels
with the patient.

Digital consent, simplified.

Procedure-specific digital consent with structured risk documentation and patient information, ahead of the day of surgery. Electronic signatures and a complete time-stamped audit trail.

Built for surgical and pre-assessment teams worldwide. MHRA-registered Class I medical device software.

Clarity over what happens next, not more paperwork

Consent the patient actually understands.

Procedure-specific information ahead of the day of surgery, with a defensible, time-stamped record that follows them to the operating room.

The problem

Paper consent is a patient safety and legal risk.

Informed consent is an ethical and legal requirement for surgery in every health system. In practice the discussion is often not standardised and left to the individual clinician, which allows key information to be omitted. Consent-related litigation is on the rise globally.

>50%

of paper consent forms in one published hospital study contained a documentation error, and 90% omitted at least one core risk. BJS

40

surgical studies across many countries show conventional consent leaves patients with poor understanding of their procedure. BJS Open

£101m

cost of consent-related claims in one national health system in a single year, with claim numbers climbing. NIH

Rising

medical liability claims linked to consent are increasing internationally, including across Europe. Springer

What Consent+ does

A consent process built for the modern healthcare system.

Consent+ replaces the paper form with a structured digital pathway that documents what was discussed, gives patients time to reflect and produces a defensible record.

01
Consistency

Procedure-specific risk libraries

Each procedure carries a structured set of benefits, risks and alternatives, so the same information is documented the same way.

02
Comprehension

Patient information in advance

Patients review information about their procedure on their own device before the day of surgery, giving them time to reflect and ask questions.

03
Access

Consent that is simple to understand

Patient-facing information is presented in an uncomplicated manner, supporting informed consent.

04
Record

Signature and audit trail

Every consent interaction is time-stamped and version-controlled, with an electronic signature and a complete retrievable record.

05
Continuity

Consent that follows the patient

Consent taken in a clinic is available at the site where surgery takes place, which matters most for distributed and community-first models.

06
Interoperability

Sits in the record

Works with existing electronic patient records through open healthcare standards (FHIR), so consent lives in the record rather than a separate document.

Clarity over what happens next, not just a signature

The value is in understanding, not paperwork.

Consent improves most when patients are actively involved in learning about their procedure, not simply handed a form to sign. That is the principle Consent+ is built on.

Systematic review

Active involvement works best

A review of 40 surgical studies found the largest gains in comprehension came from digital tools that let patients navigate, check their own understanding and revisit information.

Meta-analysis

Multimedia improves recall

A meta-analysis found audiovisual information significantly improved patients' immediate recall of what they were consenting to, compared with a standard consent.

Global evidence

Consistent across countries

Randomised trials from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and beyond show enhanced consent improves comprehension across many procedures.

Equity

Reaching every patient

Reviews of low-resource settings find digital consent can improve participation, comprehension and documentation quality where written consent alone falls short.

The evidence base

What digital consent achieves.

Published evidence for structured and digital consent describe the right approach, Consent+ is designed to help teams deliver it.

01

A systematic review of 40 surgical studies concluded that digital consent with active patient involvement improves comprehension more than audiovisual or written material alone.

Kiernan A et al., BJS Open, 2023. Source ↗
02

A micro-costing analysis found digital consent can be cost-saving compared with paper, with the greatest saving when consent is completed ahead of the day of surgery.

Houten R et al., PharmacoEconomics Open, 2024. Source ↗
Standards & governance

Built to digital and clinical safety standards.

MHRA Class IISO 27001ISO 9001DCB0129DSPT Standards ExceededUK GDPR
Procurement & deployment

Simple to procure, quick to deploy.

STEP 1

Configure

Procedure library setup and integration with your existing record.

STEP 2

Go live

Clinician training, then a phased launch by specialty.

STEP 3

Improve

Consent quality reporting live and reviewed over time.

Consent+ is software intended to support the consent process and does not replace the clinician's professional and legal responsibility for obtaining valid consent. Published figures describe structured and digital consent in general and are not performance claims for this product.

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