Multimedia Informed Consent & PROMs in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Inclusion Criteria: Male or female. * Adults:aged 18 to 85 years. * Be referred for consideration for an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones based on their GPs diagnosis and referral to a general surgeon. * Patients initially listed for laparoscopic cholecystectomy but subsequently converted to open cholecystectomy or subsequently have a more complex 'biliary' procedure (including but not exclusive to bile duct exploration, biliary drain insertion, biliary bypass procedure). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unable to, or those choosing not to engage with the multimedia process --- including patients lacking mental capacity, patients who do not have access to a multimedia device (including but not exclusive to a computer, tablet or multimedia phone), patients who are unable to use a multimedia device unassisted. * Patients who are unable to read or communicate n English without the presence of a translator. * Patients undergoing another major non---biliary operation during the same operation as their cholecystectomy.