Pitfalls of treating practice staff members

Dr Sarah Jarvis
ByDr Sarah Jarvis
Published01 December 2015
A practice manager had concerns about a member of staff who was also a patient at the practice.

This way, the practice can be shown to be keeping the doctor-patient relationship as separate as possible from the employer-employee relationship.

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Dr Sarah Jarvis
MDU medico-legal adviser

Sarah studied at St George's Hospital medical school, intercalating a BSc as part of her studies. After completing her GP training she became a GP principal, a position she held for 12 years alongside roles as a GP trainer, prescribing lead and child protection lead within her practice. Sarah also sat on (and later chaired) the GMC and MPTS fitness to practise panels for 10 years.

Pitfalls of treating practice staff members