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Dilston Medical Centre

23 Dilston Road, Newcastle upon Tyne,Tyne and Wear, NE4 5AB

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Zero Tolerance Policy

ZERO TOLERANCE ON AGGRESSIVE AND THREATENING BEHAVIOUR

The Practice considers threatening behaviour to be:

  • Attempted or actual, aggressive threatening physical actions made towards any member of staff.
  • The use of aggressive, threatening or abusive language, (including raising of the voice, swearing and cursing, shouting) which threatens of intimidates staff.

Any behaviour verbal or physical which causes staff to feel uncomfortable,embarrassed or threatened, is totally unacceptable.

This policy applies throughout the premises, including any car park and grounds. It also applies to any employee or partner away from the practice but only in so far as it relates to the business of the practice.

PROCEDURE

All instances of abusive/threatening behaviour will be reported to the Practice Manager and recorded into an incident log.Any instance of physical abuse will be reported to the police

The offender will be removed from the premises by the police. The patient will then be removed from the practice list and the PCSE will be notified so they can then inform the Patient that they must register elsewhere.

Any instance of verbal abuse whether in person or on the telephone will be reported to the the Practice Manager and recorded in the incident log.

A copy of the Zero Tolerance letter will be filed on the patient’s medical records

 

 

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