Medical Board to scrap chaperones for doctors facing sexual allegations

By Rania Spooner, Nick McKenzie
Updated April 23 2017 - 9:43am, first published April 11 2017 - 5:53pm
Tom Monagle. Victim of Sex Abuse. 29 July 2016. Photo by Jason South Photo: Jason South
Tom Monagle. Victim of Sex Abuse. 29 July 2016. Photo by Jason South Photo: Jason South

Australia's health authorities are scrapping the use of chaperones to oversee doctors accused of serious sexual misconduct after an independent review found it was not protecting patients from abuse.

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