Parent and practitioner experiences of opt-out consent in neonatal intensive care: a mixed methods study within a trial
An appropriately timed verbal opt-out approach to consent was seen acceptable as proportionate in the neonatal context in a low-risk trial comparing different accepted clinical, non-pharmaceutical, practices. Findings informed neoGASTRIC and will guide approaches to consent in this setting.
Authors
- Elizabeth Nuthall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-7643)
- David R. Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9010-2905)
- Melissa Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0927-0002)
- Kayleigh Stanbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8726-2411)
- Lyvonne N. Tume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-8209)
- Marie Hubbard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0388-4983)
- Brett J. Manley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0212-7956)
- Cheryl Battersby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-553X)
- Chris Gale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0707-876X)
- Christina Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-2136)
- Shalini Ojha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-4227)
- Calum T. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-5027)
- Jon S. Dorling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-3221)
- Andrew King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-2718)
- Pollyanna Hardy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2937-8368)
- Kerry Woolfall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5726-5304)
- Charles Christoph Roehr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7965-4637)
- Izabela Andrzejewska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0901-0996)
- Tracy Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0014-8016)
- Madeleine Hurd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2797-2358)
- Lauren Young
- Heather O’Connor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9276-6614)
- Zoe Daskalopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4527-9326)
- Ana Cecilia Rodriquez
Institutions
- Royal Women's Hospital (AU)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of the West of England (GB)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Leicester Royal Infirmary (GB)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Public Health England (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Monash Children’s Hospital (AU)
- Nuffield Health (GB)
- Monash Health (AU)
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
- National Patient Safety Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
- Published
- 2025-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-328693
- Primary Topic
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Health Technology Assessment Programme