There are occasions when patients need to be assessed by a doctor, nurse or another health care professional, which might involve intimate examinations.
Shawbirch Medical Centre is committed to putting patients at ease whenever possible, and if you wish a chaperone to be present during your examination please do not hesitate to ask.
It may not be possible for such a chaperone to be provided immediately and you might have to return for the examination to be carried out at a mutually convenient time.
Trust is important in the relationship between GPs, nurses and other health care professionals, and patients, and we would, at all times, wish you to feel able to ask for a chaperone should you require it.