Maintaining personal and practice safety in podiatry
All employers, business owners, contractors and employees have an obligation to create and maintain a safe working environment. And to do this, we all need to think about what makes our workplace unique in terms of the risks and the strategies needed to keep it safe. There are a few ways in which podiatry practices can pose risks to the personal safety of practitioners, other people who work there and patients. One-on-one consultations mean that ...
Maintaining personal and practice safety in Chinese medicine
All employers, business owners, contractors and employees have an obligation to create and maintain a safe working environment. And to do this, we all need to think about what makes our workplace unique in terms of the risks and the strategies needed to keep it safe. There are a few ways in which Chinese medicine and acupuncture practices can pose risks to the personal safety of practitioners, other people who work there and patients. One-on-one ...
Why has my Chinese medicine practitioner touched me there?
Guild Insurance sees numerous allegations against Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists where the patient 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 patient. Case example 1 The patient alleged ...