Take this Quiz: T Level Health and Science: Safeguarding, Consent and Confidentiality | Zestly

Question 1

At Ferndale Clinic, a practitioner is preparing a person for a routine procedure. What makes the person's consent valid in this situation?

Accepted Answer

It is given voluntarily by a person who has the capacity to decide and who has been told what the procedure involves, including the alternatives.

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A signature has been obtained on the correct form.

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A relative has agreed on the person's behalf.

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The person did not object when the procedure was explained.

Question 2

Partway through a procedure at Ferndale Clinic, the person asks the practitioner to stop immediately. What should the practitioner do?

Accepted Answer

Stop, because consent can be withdrawn at any time, and check what the person wants to happen next.

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Finish, because consent was given before starting.

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Finish, because stopping partway could be worse than completing it.

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Continue and ask a colleague to witness that consent had been given earlier.

Question 3

At Hollinwood Support, a staff member is concerned about a decision a person has made. What is the starting assumption regarding that person's capacity?

Accepted Answer

That they have capacity, unless it is established otherwise, and a decision others think unwise is not itself evidence of lacking it.

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That anyone over a certain age lacks capacity.

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That a person who makes a decision staff disagree with lacks capacity.

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That capacity must be formally proved before any decision is accepted.

Question 4

A worker at Calder Court notices that a person who used to join activities now stays in their room, and a relative who visits controls all their money and speaks for them at every appointment. What should this prompt?

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Raising a safeguarding concern through the agreed route, because the pattern may indicate that someone is being controlled or exploited.

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Nothing, because the family is entitled to manage its own affairs.

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A conversation with the relative to ask whether anything is wrong.

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Waiting until there is physical evidence of harm.

Question 5

A member of staff at Calder Court has identified a potential safeguarding concern. Who should they report this to?

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The colleague they get on with best, for a second opinion.

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The person's relative, so that they have a chance to explain.

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Nobody, until they have gathered enough evidence to be certain.

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The designated safeguarding lead, following the organisation's procedure.