Have you been wondering what the difference between Gillick competence + Fraser guidelines is?
Gillick: child’s capacity to consent. Fraser: guidelines to decide if a child can consent to contraceptive or sexual health advice/treatment.
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Here is a useful and up-to-date primer on Gillick and Fraser from the CQC: cqc.org.uk/guidance-provi…
Here is a further discussion piece regarding the Keira Bell case:
childprotectionresource.online/children-compe… via @SVPhillimore
“Any suggestion that the Bell case will somehow ‘destroy’ Gillick competence and deny 15 year old girls the right to contraception or abortion, is simply wrong.”
This BMJ article reminds us not to conflate the two:
bmj.com/content/332/75…
For an in-depth family law perspective on consent/capacity see this training module from Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright, barrister, hosted by Family Law Weekly (free sample of the podcast is available):
familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed…
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