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This Policy is designed to protect both patients and staff from abuse or allegations of abuse, and to assist patients in making an informed choice about their examinations and consultations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clinicians (male and female) will consider whether an intimate or personal examination of the patient (either male or female) is justified, or whether the nature of the consultation poses a risk of misunderstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The above guidelines are to remove the potential for misunderstanding. However, there will still be times when either the Clinician, or the patient, feels uncomfortable, and it would then be appropriate to consider using a Chaperone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patients who request a Chaperone will never be examined without a Chaperone being present. If necessary, where a Chaperone is not available, the consultation\/examination will be rearranged for a mutually convenient time when a Chaperone can be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Complaints and claims have not been limited to Doctors treating\/examining patients of the opposite gender – there are many examples of alleged assault by female and male doctors on people of the same gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consideration will always be given by staff to the possibility of a malicious accusation by a patient, and a Chaperone organised if there is any potential for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There may be occasions when a Chaperone is needed for a home visit in which case the following procedure will be followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A variety of people can act as a Chaperone in the practice, but staff undertaking a formal Chaperone role will have been trained in the competencies required. Where possible, Chaperones will be clinical staff familiar with procedural aspects of personal examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where the Practice determines that non-clinical staff will act in this capacity, the patient will be asked to agree to the presence of a non-Clinician in the examination, and for confirmation that they are at ease with this. The staff member will be trained in the procedural aspects of personal examinations, be comfortable acting in the role of Chaperone, and be confident in the scope and extent of their role. They will also have received instruction on where to sit\/stand and what to watch and listen for. A Chaperone will document in the patient notes that they were present, and detail any issues arising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Introduction This Policy is designed to protect both patients and staff from abuse or allegations of abuse, and to assist patients in making an informed choice about their examinations and consultations. Guidelines Clinicians (male and female) will consider whether an intimate or personal examination of the patient (either male or female) is justified, or whether … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6577921,"featured_media":5964,"parent":1520,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs.jpg",800,1200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs-200x300.jpg",200,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs-768x1152.jpg",768,1152,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs-683x1024.jpg",683,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs.jpg",800,1200,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs.jpg",800,1200,false],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8u_2imjavqs.jpg",800,1200,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Editor","author_link":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/author\/gary-genpra\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Introduction This Policy is designed to protect both patients and staff from abuse or allegations of abuse, and to assist patients in making an informed choice about their examinations and consultations. Guidelines Clinicians (male and female) will consider whether an intimate or personal examination of the patient (either male or female) is justified, or whether…","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-05 13:08:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6577921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5962\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axminstermedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}