the Montgomery ruling

The Montgomery ruling is a legal decision from the UK Supreme Court in 2015 that changed how doctors must handle informed consent. It emphasized that doctors have a duty to ensure patients are fully aware of all significant risks involved in a treatment or procedure, no matter how small, and to consider what information a reasonable patient would need. This ruling shifted the responsibility onto healthcare professionals to communicate openly and ensure patients can make well-informed decisions about their own care, promoting patient autonomy and safety.