Opinion

Actus writes: Communication is key

Opinion
A quick scan of fitness to practice cases and patient complaints to the OCCS demonstrates that communication breakdown is at the heart of them

A recent GOC Fitness to Practise Case, July 9 to 14, made the national press. In typically salacious style The Sun reported ‘PANTS RAP …optician faces being struck off after he washed his colleague’s knickers and stretched them to make them “look enormous” then hung them on a line for “all to see”.’ The Sun went on ‘[…] said it was just a joke but now faces being struck off. He also sent her a shirtless selfie of him eating chocolate. But a hearing was told she replied calling it “awesome”… She had also sent him pictures of herself in bed… He denies any sexual motive…the case continues.’

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