UK allows doctors to date former patients

LONDON: Britain has finally allowed doctors to have a romantic relationship with their patient. In what will be a green light for doctors to date former patients for the first time, new guidelines issued on Tuesday by UK's General Medical Council says they can pursue such a romance depending on the duration of the professional relationship they have had earlier.

For example, a relationship with a former patient the doctor treated over a number of years is more likely to be inappropriate than a relationship with a patient with whom they have had a single consultation. Doctors have also been told that they must not use home visits to pursue a relationship with a member of a patient's family and also not end a professional relationship with a patient solely to pursue a personal relationship with them.

GMC said: "You must not use your professional relationship with a patient to pursue a relationship with someone close to them." GMC added "It is not possible to specify a length of time after which it would be acceptable to begin a relationship with a former patient. However, the more recently a professional relationship with a patient ended, the less likely it is that beginning a personal relationship with that patient would be appropriate."

The new guidelines which come into force from 22 April 2013 still ban a sexual relationship with current patients. It says pursuing a relationship with a former patient is more likely to be an abuse of your position if you are a psychiatrist or a paediatrician.

The guideline available with TOI says: "You must not use your professional position to pursue a sexual or improper emotional relationship with a patient or someone close to them. If a patient pursues a sexual or improper emotional relationship with you, you should treat them politely and considerately and try to re-establish a professional boundary."

It also says: "Trust is the foundation of a doctor-patient partnership. Patients should be able to trust that their doctor will behave professionally towards them during consultations and not see them as a potential sexual partner. You must not pursue a sexual or improper emotional relationship with a current patient. Personal relationships with former patients may also be inappropriate depending on factors such as the length of time since the professional relationship ended."

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