Ending the treating relationship
As a health professional, your focus is on being there for your patients and providing the best healthcare possible to meet their needs. However, there’ll be times when the treating relationship isn’t effective or appropriate and you wish to end it. Guild Insurance regularly receives queries about how to do this professionally while keeping patient care a core focus. Possible scenarios There’ll be occasions where you realise that the treatment you’re able to provide, according ...
Open treatment spaces - are they a risk?
While maybe not the norm, it’s not uncommon in chiropractic for practices to be set up with open or shared treatment spaces. While this is permitted, chiropractors should be aware that it isn’t without risk. Guild Insurance has managed claims relating to these treatment spaces with the complaints from patients commonly stating: They felt uncomfortable, both physically in a treatment space with others, and verbally when talking to the chiropractor and/or; After seeing how other ...
Why has my massage therapist touched me there?
Guild Insurance sees allegations against massage therapists where the client claims the practitioner has behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner during treatment. These claims may involve allegations regarding the way the practitioner has touched them, or they may relate to what’s been said during the consultation. These are incredibly serious allegations that cause a great deal of stress for both the practitioner and the client. Case example 1 The client alleged that during treatment the ...