Guidance on the Role and Effective Use of Chaperones in Primary

and Community Care settings

 

MODEL CHAPERONE FRAMEWORK

 

Every primary care organisation that has direct contact with patients should have a chaperone policy in place for the benefit of both patients and staff. Primary care organisations that are responsible for primary care contractors should have model frameworks in place for local dissemination.

 

• General Issues
• Role of the Chaperone
• Type of Chaperone
• Use of Virtual Chaperones
• Training for Chaperones
• Offering a Chaperone
• Where a Chaperone is needed but not available
• Consent
• Special Circumstances
• Issues specific to children
• Issues specific to religion/ethnicity/culture
• Issues specific to learning difficulties/mental health problems
• Lone working
• During the examination/procedure
• Communication and record keeping
• Wearing of gloves
• Sample Chaperone Policy

 

This half-day course sets out guidance for the use of chaperones and procedures that should be in place for consultations, examinations and investigations it gives participants the knowledge and skills and represent a distillation of current good practice across health care organisations.

 

 

How do I book a course?

 

Contact your LHB training department and ask if they will commission a Training Day.... send them a link to this Web-site or ask them to ring the number below.