This half day online Primary Care Chaperone course is designed for all practice staff who may be asked to act as chaperones and require formal training in intimate examinations.  It follows guidance from the General Medical Council, the Royal College of Nursing, The Medical Defence Union, The Medical Protection Society, and the CQC.

• Clarifying definitions
• The concept of ‘intimate examinations’ and a wider understanding of intimacy
• Risk areas in conducting intimate examinations
• Issues of consent: when and how it should be gained
• Cultural sensitivity
• Looking at how we support non-binary people within a chaperone policy
• Reducing risk for our clinical teams
• Reporting concerns
• We provide a Chaperone Intimate Examinations Template.