Hi
I'm listening to 'If I can't have you' by Charlotte Levin on Audible. It's a fictional story based in current times at a London medical practice, main character is the receptionist there and I'm wondering if it's true that:
a) A single GP would lose his job for dating a single receptionist at the same Practice. He isn't her manager, did not hire her and doesn't own the practice. If yes, what sort of rule would he be breaking?
b) Would a Psychotherapist offer pro bono counselling for his colleague (the receptionist)? I just think this would be so awkward and potentially blur boundaries but I've heard that dentists and hygienists 'do' each other's teeth, although it's probably not the same thing as sharing deepest, darkest wounds!
I know it's just a story and it doesn't have to reflect reality but it made me wonder. My impression is that was ordinary when doctors married nurses in the 60s, 70s and 80s but thinking about it in modern times I can only anecdotally find doctors who married other doctors, or from a completely different profession. I remember reading about a consultant having to face GMC for having relations with his trainees due to power imbalance but if she is the receptionist like in this book, would you say there is still power imbalance?
Thanks in advance!