2015, issue 3

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.

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