Female GP needed chaperone to look at my bottom?
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Following some surgery (below the waist, above the knee and round the back) I see one of my practice nurses every week for an inspection.
All of the practice nurses are female and it’s never been an issue to examine me on their own.
I've been a bit sore so I saw one of the GPs this week – a lady doctor.
She told me she couldn’t look at me without a chaperone and quoted the GMC. I had to wait until a nurse was free to be with the GP while I was examined.
Why ok for a lady nurse but not for a doctor?
Seems strange.
Cheers,
Eric
All of the practice nurses are female and it’s never been an issue to examine me on their own.
I've been a bit sore so I saw one of the GPs this week – a lady doctor.
She told me she couldn’t look at me without a chaperone and quoted the GMC. I had to wait until a nurse was free to be with the GP while I was examined.
Why ok for a lady nurse but not for a doctor?
Seems strange.
Cheers,
Eric
Kiltie said:
Following some surgery (below the waist, above the knee and round the back) I see one of my practice nurses every week for an inspection.
All of the practice nurses are female and it’s never been an issue to examine me on their own.
I've been a bit sore so I saw one of the GPs this week – a lady doctor.
She told me she couldn’t look at me without a chaperone and quoted the GMC. I had to wait until a nurse was free to be with the GP while I was examined.
Why ok for a lady nurse but not for a doctor?
Seems strange.
Cheers,
Eric
She is wrong. She should have offered you a chaperone (as the nurses should have done) but it is up to you if you want one or not.All of the practice nurses are female and it’s never been an issue to examine me on their own.
I've been a bit sore so I saw one of the GPs this week – a lady doctor.
She told me she couldn’t look at me without a chaperone and quoted the GMC. I had to wait until a nurse was free to be with the GP while I was examined.
Why ok for a lady nurse but not for a doctor?
Seems strange.
Cheers,
Eric
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/21...
GMC said:
8. When you carry out an intimate examination, you should offer the patient the option of having an impartial observer (a chaperone) present wherever possible. This applies whether or not you are the same gender as the patient.
JumboBeef said:
She is wrong. She should have offered you a chaperone (as the nurses should have done) but it is up to you if you want one or not.
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/21...
Thanks for that - spot on. I never thought to look as I somehow thought that such material wouldn't be in the public domain ... but thinking about it now, that was a daft notion.http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/21...
GMC said:
8. When you carry out an intimate examination, you should offer the patient the option of having an impartial observer (a chaperone) present wherever possible. This applies whether or not you are the same gender as the patient.
Engineer1 said:
It could be the Dr is worried that there is some romour or mutterings within the practice so she wants a chaperone to cover her arse.
Indeed this might be the case.When she told me of the need for a chaparone in the first place, I suggested it wouldn't be necessary If I was happy for her to go ahead - which I was.
She was adamant that it was the required procedure and even told me; "the GMC is very clear".
The whole appointment was a bit strange and I left the practice feeling a bit bewildered by the whole thing.
The GP was a bit snippy throughout and left me feeling that, in her opinion, I'd been wasting eveyone's time. I was going to make a separate post about this as I wondered if there might be some code in my notes that had coloured her opinion of me (I remembered this post and, in it, reference to this BBC piece).
Anyway, if there is / was some other issue ot agenda, all she had to do was tell me there were "reasons" and I'd have accepted it. Instead, she's told me an untruth as part of a very peculiar experience with her and it all seems odd.
I need to have a think about whether or not it's worthwhile doing something or saying something.
Thanks for the input though ... and the funnies.
Cheers,
Eric
to be fair - it's for the protection of the patient as well as the doctor. if the doctor doesn't feel comfortable (in this day and age) to carry out an intimate exam, without a chaperone present, then they have every right to this.
how would they possibly defend themselves against an allegation of misconduct - either a malicious complaint, or even if it's just a patient perhaps misinterpreting a 'normal' examination?
how would they possibly defend themselves against an allegation of misconduct - either a malicious complaint, or even if it's just a patient perhaps misinterpreting a 'normal' examination?
evo4a said:
I bet they have a game or something.
As you walked in the nurse maybe said something like "2 fingers and a thumb" the doctor said "no way, up to my wristwatch, £10 on it"
obviously the fisting needed to be verified.
This would've been my thoughts.... she wanted to fist you. Definitely this.As you walked in the nurse maybe said something like "2 fingers and a thumb" the doctor said "no way, up to my wristwatch, £10 on it"
obviously the fisting needed to be verified.
Kiltie said:
When she told me of the need for a chaparone in the first place, I suggested it wouldn't be necessary If I was happy for her to go ahead - which I was.
She was adamant that it was the required procedure and even told me; "the GMC is very clear".
Sounds like you were a bit too suggestive and she was a bit scared. She was adamant that it was the required procedure and even told me; "the GMC is very clear".
Kiltie: No really I would like you to look at my arse
Doctor: I would really prefer someone to be present
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