COVID-19 Risk Assessment 

David Eddie. Registered Osteopath, Registered Naturopath. Poynton Osteopathic Clinic. 

97 Park Lane, Poynton, Cheshire. SK12 1RB. 

As Government policy is updated, any changes that are implemented will be updated accordingly. 

Optimised Cleaning Regimes for the Clinic:

• Clinic rooms will be cleaned after every appointment using anti-bacterial, antiviral wipes on all contact points - treatment plinth, wipeable pillows, chairs, hard surfaces, door handles, etc., and steam cleaning of carpets.
• There will be time allowed between patients for the room to air to reduce the risk of aerosol contamination between patients.
• The toilet will be available, however, we would recommend going before you attend. The toilet will be sanitised after every use.

Changes and Increased Protection Measures to Make It Safer For You To Attend:

• Plinth covers, towels,gowns and the curtain in the changing area have been removed.
• On request a towel may be provided which will be laundered @ 60C .
• To make the practice easier to sanitise, we have replaced some chairs and decluttered surfaces.
• You will be requested to arrive on time and wait in your car, or the car park area if on foot, and wait to be welcomed into the Clinic when the room is ready for you.
• You will have your temperature checked before entering the Clinic using a contactless forehead thermometer, then asked to sanitise your hands with gel or a thorough wash with soap and water.
• You will be asked to wear a face mask, please bring your own, otherwise you will be offered one for a small charge.
• I will be wearing PPE, a face mask, plastic apron and will either wear gloves or carry out an extensive hand and forearm sanitising routine. The PPE will be changed after each appointment.
• You will be taken straight through reception to the downstairs treatment room. There will be no reception staff and only one practitioner and one patient in the Clinic at any time.
• We would ask that you don’t bring anyone else with you into the Clinic (unless accompanying a minor or vulnerable person), and also to bring the minimum number of items with you.
• Payment is required by card (no cash or cheques please), or if you would prefer to prepay using online banking, please request our bank details. The Merchant card machine will be sanitised after each transaction.
• You may use the hand sanitiser again on leaving the Clinic.

Appropriate social distancing measures:

• There will be only one practitioner and one patient in the Clinic at any time.
• Appointments will be spaced to avoid patients overlapping in the Clinic or car park.
• Encourage patients to use the toilet at home and wash hands before attending the Clinic.
• Avoid public transport if at all possible.
• Any patient displaying Covid-19 symptoms will be sent home immediately with appropriate advice.

Providing remote telephone conversations:

• All patients will have a telephone pre-screening call.
• Follow-up and maintenance appointments available via telephone call if face to face appointment is considered unsuitable or inappropriate.

Poynton Osteopathic Clinic:

• Poynton Osteopathic Clinic staff currently use PPE and have in place strict and comprehensive hand washing, sanitising, hygiene and social distancing regimes which brings their own rating to minimal risk of possible infection.

COVID-19 Risk and Compliance (Consent to examination and treatment). 

David Eddie. Registered Osteopath, Registered Naturopath. Poynton Osteopathic Clinic. 

97 Park Lane, Poynton, Cheshire, SK12 1RB. 

In order that treatment may commence and for the protection of other patients, myself, your family/friends and the community at large, it is requested that you read, understand and agree the following: 

• Every effort has been made to make your visit as safe as is reasonably possible by complying with Government and Public Health England guidelines. 
• A risk assessment has been undertaken to this effect, specific to this practice and its environment. 
• You have been asked about your health and circumstances in relation to the risk of having Covid-19 and answered honestly. 
• You have read the measures put in place to reduce the risk of infection whilst visiting this practice. (As seen on the risk assessment form on my web site or you can read a hard copy now). 
• Although visiting and having treatment at my practice may be one of the safest environments outside of your home, no guarantee can be made that you cannot contract Covid-19 at this practice or my place of work and that David Eddie, Registered Osteopath has made you aware of said risk to you or family member of contracting Covid-19 virus. 
• It is understood that if you were to develop Covid-19 symptoms (fever/dry cough, difficulty breathing, loss of taste or smell) within 14 days of visiting the clinic, you must inform me immediately, so that other patients that the practitioner has seen can be contacted. 
• If there are any aspects of this form you do not understand or not agree to then it is important you raise your concerns now. I will be happy to explain, and it is important that you are fully aware and confident to proceed with physical examination and treatment. 

It will also be my obligation to inform you if I were to develop Covid-19 symptoms and advise that you self-isolate and take appropriate action.

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