![]() Prepared to raise concerns about a doctor if misconduct occurs.Īs a chaperone I never seen anything that I should not have – the patient was always treated with dignity and I always found most of the time the patient would welcome the “third” person in the room as quite often there would be a three-way conversation going on – resulting at putting the patient at ease. ![]() Sensitive to the patient’s confidentialityįamiliar with the procedures involved in an intimate examination. Chaperones need to be trained so that they understand what a legitimate clinical examination entails and at what stage it becomes inappropriate.Īlthough a chaperone does not have to be medically qualified they must be: Practice should no long use untrained practice staff to fulfil the role of a chaperone. spurious requests for intimate examinations, sexual harassment Both male and female doctors report inappropriate behaviour by patients’ e.g. Allegations against the doctors occur infrequently. The use of a chaperone may protect the doctor from allegations of inappropriate behaviour and misconduct or misconduct by the patient. But I soon learnt that this could be for the benefit of the Doctor and the patient.įor those of you that don’t know what was required for this I will explain a bit more.Ĭhaperoning can be considered a risk management strategy when performing intimate examinations. ![]() This was something that took me by surprise when I was first asked. As a Receptionist we at times were asked by the Doctors to chaperone whilst they would be examining a patient. ![]()
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