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[CLKD]

How R U now Aprilflower?

[CLKD]

This idea will put off those ethnic groups who have to be accompanied by a female .......... 

[Twin]

I wouldn’t want a man. I find it embarrassing enough with a woman.   Also this is a very expensive idea.  Paying for 2 staff to do 1 persons job.   (Obv they will have to have a chaperone).   

[Aprilflower]

I wouldn’t want a man. I find it embarrassing enough with a woman.   Also this is a very expensive idea.  Paying for 2 staff to do 1 persons job.   (Obv they will have to have a chaperone).

Exactly right.

I think it's one of those things, where someone thought it was a good idea, without thinking it through.

[getting_old]

I wouldn’t want a man. I find it embarrassing enough with a woman.   Also this is a very expensive idea.  Paying for 2 staff to do 1 persons job.   (Obv they will have to have a chaperone).

The chaperones could be volunteers, or nurses. They'd have to be indepedent in case any claims were made.

[getting_old]

It concerns me that women won’t be given a choice or you’ll be put to the bottom of the pile. If you express a preference for a female radiographer will be labelled sexist.

Totally disagree. If they hire more radiographers, regardless of gender, and have the equipment etc. to do more exams, then everyone will be seen quicker. Obviously the wait times for male radiographers will be shorter so those people who are OK with seeing them will probably be seen sooner, but it also means the wait times for female radiographers will be shorter too. Preference will be asked at time of booking so how would that mean someone will be labelled as sexist?

Personally I think the whole thing is being made more worrying than it needs to be. They will probably hire a very small number of male radiographers so the chances of seeing one will be tiny. If they have one on staff patients will be asked if they have a preference and appointments booked accordingly. If you see a male radiographer you'll get a chaperone. If you choose not to, you'll see a female radiographer, no chaperone.

[jaypo]

But it will mean more staff needed for chaperones and there is a shortage of nurses as there is,it just hasn't been thought through properly and women definitely need to be consulted first,just seems like a whole load more work 🤷‍♀️

[Aprilflower]

But it will mean more staff needed for chaperones and there is a shortage of nurses as there is,it just hasn't been thought through properly and women definitely need to be consulted first,just seems like a whole load more work 🤷‍♀️

Exactly.

[CLKD]

At the Mobile Unit that I attend there is a Nurse, in case of general emergencies or medical queries.

[jaypo]

The mobile unit I attend is a receptionist and the radiographer,all seems to work well,no delays etc

[sheila99]

Just curious - what sort of men are going to volunteer for the mammogram job? Those with a penchant for handling breasts?

[MummyClanger]

Just curious - what sort of men are going to volunteer for the mammogram job? Those with a penchant for handling breasts?

Whilst the amount of men in healthcare positions who are sexual predators is obviously very low I do think that it’s a whole can of worms for the male practitioner himself as with this job actions could so easily be misconstrued. I can’t remember if I had said on this site but my husband is a paramedic and he would much rather not do an ECG on a female patient if there is a female colleague that can do it instead as he’s aware of the patient feeling uncomfortable or misinterpreting his actions etc and a mammogram involves actually repeatedly handling the breasts rather than working round them. So I don’t understand why men are “keen” to do this( this is what was said in the statement from the society of radiographers ) there are so many pitfalls.
Also wanted to mention that I think Muslim ladies would not be ok with a man touching them even with a chaperone. But as im not as Muslim I’ll be happy to be told otherwise!
Chaperones don’t have to be clinical staff it could be a receptionist etc but in the mobile unit there was only two staff last time I went one was on reception while the other was screening patients.

[MummyClanger]

It concerns me that women won’t be given a choice or you’ll be put to the bottom of the pile. If you express a preference for a female radiographer will be labelled sexist.

Totally disagree. If they hire more radiographers, regardless of gender, and have the equipment etc. to do more exams, then everyone will be seen quicker. Obviously the wait times for male radiographers will be shorter so those people who are OK with seeing them will probably be seen sooner, but it also means the wait times for female radiographers will be shorter too. Preference will be asked at time of booking so how would that mean someone will be labelled as sexist?

Personally I think the whole thing is being made more worrying than it needs to be. They will probably hire a very small number of male radiographers so the chances of seeing one will be tiny. If they have one on staff patients will be asked if they have a preference and appointments booked accordingly. If you see a male radiographer you'll get a chaperone. If you choose not to, you'll see a female radiographer, no chaperone.

I can see you’re point and hope you’re right but you only have to look at the news to see that the NHS sometimes have an agenda of some sort, that they tend to push regardless of how it affects staff or patients for example single sex wards and the recent case of female staff being told they were discriminating and bullying because they objected to a male who hadn’t gone through any hormone treatment etc sharing the changing room. That’s what was on my mind when I wrote about being labelled sexist etc.
I also suspect that they pay as a radiographer is maybe not good enough for men to apply, it’s the usual story that traditionally female areas of healthcare are poorer paid eg nurses and I suspect radiography comes under this. I will try and find it but there was a mammographer on Instagram saying the real issue was lack of funding.

[CLKD]

In Northamptonshire Nurses are being asked to leave to cut costs 

I did mention that ethnic communities may have problems, they are known not to attend appts. due to the quota of male Consultants.  When I worked in the NHS a Muslim lady refused to be examined by the male Consultant, she wouldn't allow the Nurse to check her over in case the Consultant wandered into the room.  She was covered head to foot in black ......... how she had arrived at Clinic I can't remember, as there weren't any female GPs in the 1970s/80s.

[MummyClanger]

getting_old, sorry that should say mixed sex wards not single sex wards !