Requesting a woman as a chaperone for medical procedures

[OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon]

The erosion of women’s boundaries continues apace under the name of trans inclusion, prizing validation over women’s rights to consent and dignity.

794 followers... probably not an official twitter account I’d suggest.

The twitter responses may be real, but nothing about the 'shared' experience sounds genuine. Wouldn't a doctor refer to an 'internal', not 'a vaginal examination'?

It's so ridiculous that I'd also wonder if it wasn't written by someone anti-trans.

It's a FB group with a whopping 44 members. Doesn't look official.

m.facebook.com/groups/1769110046514141?group_view_referrer=profile_browser

Bit of context given the follow-up tweets. Rates of suicide among the health profession are unfortunately high. Interestingly, female doctors as a group are one of the few population groups where females commit suicide more than males. And this goes back some years.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-45356349

Again, caution needs to be applied in suggesting there is one reason for the suicide of the health professional mentioned.

Yes emotional blackmail, well called.

Did y'all see this in Jan?

Jan 10, 2019 · Hospitals routinely allow male patients to share female wards if they self-identify as women, an investigation by The Telegraph has found.

If someone is so fragile that having someone mention their birth sex could cause them to commit suicide then they are not suitable for a job in which the people they are dealing with are likely to care about their sex.

Like pointing out that someone wasn’t born with blonde hair. Yes they may be blonde now with the help of some peroxide...

I would love a journalist to highlight the lack of patient care in Gynecological issues from NHS staff, the staff seem up themselves, what part do NHS staff attitudes play in plummeting smear test numbers? Lots of ignoring the rights of and victim blaming patients. The old style nurses have now mostly retired, we are predominately left with the Nurses who trained with a degree.

I have plenty of concerns about current nurse training pathways.

The fact that they lead to a degree isn't one of them.

Nor do I believe it has any relevance to rates of smear test attendance.

Guess we should all just accept our fate, do what were told, and bow down.

After all, men know best, and are more important than women, (even those that now identify as women).

Well they identify with women, sorry 'as' women when they want to, access to real womens vaginas, vulvas and breasts

I thought that too countess how can such a fragile HCP be caring for vulnerable andvery poorly patients? What about the patient feeling compelled to undergo an intimate exam who then goes ho!e and commits suicide because of their treatment?! Do they have any idea how to protect women who have had severe abuse, might not want to mention and is too scared to raise it as an issue, I.e. outright confront two male HCP?

How can those - and I’m thinking about the loud aggressive ‘call me ma’am’s - be so highly strung that facing reality can cause a fit of the vapours? Whilst others are more rational and realistic.

The GMC guidance does not say that best practice is to offer the patient a chaperone of the same sex. I think this is still 'custom & practice' but needs spelling out in current times. One for Fair Play for Women?
www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-guidance-for-doctors/intimate-examinations-and-chaperones/intimate-examinations-and-chaperones

...or if either of you is uncomfortable with the choice of chaperone, you may offer to delay the examination to a later date when a suitable chaperone will be available, as long as the delay would not adversely affect the patient’s health

.... or if either of you is uncomfortable with the choice of chaperone, you may offer to delay the examination to a later date when a suitable chaperone will be available, as long as the delay would not adversely affect the patient’s health ...

Dignity and privacy in action is what the GMC say it should be. Well that's not what happened is it? Its was the hcps dignity and privacy in the OP that was the only consideration!!

If you've got a woke doctor and the patient is a woman who lacks confidence to speak up (as many would when faced with authority/busy nhs etc) then it's easy to see her being steamrollered.

In which case NHS better watch out for some pretty serious complaints/suits

The thing is, I don't have to accept a man being foisted into me for a personal exam, nor a woman if I am not happy, but neither do I have to accept a tw or tm, it would discriminatory to exclude them as one of the options for exclusion

I don't believe it. Sounds like the writer was starring in their own fantasy.

The endorsement by an NHS doctor is worrying though. Makes him look like a bullying sexist.

Don't these people realise their reputation relies on public opinion?

The thing is, I don't have to accept a man being foisted into me for a personal exam, nor a woman if I am not happy, but neither do I have to accept a tw or tm, it would discriminatory to exclude them as one of the options
That's framing it in the negative and there is no need to mention trans. All that is required is a line saying patients should be offered a chaperone of the same sex. That way centres on the patient need for privacy etc and applies equally to all patients.

Which still brings up the ‘why do you require a chaperone’ question. How can you explain without getting yourself into an argument or trouble?

Which still brings up the ‘why do you require a chaperone’ question.

Aren't chaperones absolutely standard?

They are. Even when having an exam by a female GP she asked if I wanted one.