Recommendation 23: National chaperone policy for healthcare (Wales)
From Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published 25 April 2018.
Recommendation
The Chair and Panel recommend that the Welsh Government develops a national policy for the training and use of chaperones in the treatment of children in healthcare services. The Chair and Panel recommend that Healthcare Inspectorate Wales considers compliance with national chaperone policies (once implemented) in its assessments of services.
In brief (written by this site)
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, in a summary of January 2020 responses archived in October 2022, reported that the Welsh Government published guidance for health boards and trusts on good working practice for the use of chaperones during intimate examinations or procedures within NHS Wales (The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Oct 2022). In the same October 2022 update, it noted that these good working practice guidelines were developed in response to the recommendation in its Interim Report (The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Oct 2022).
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Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Welsh Government has been found in the sources searched (last checked 2 October 2026). This is separate from the response above.
What other bodies have found
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Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (6 October 2022)
On 6 January 2020, the Welsh Government published guidance for health boards and trusts in respect of good working practice for the use of chaperones during intimate examinations or procedures within NHS Wales. These good working practice guidelines have been developed in response to the Inquiry’s recommendation in the Interim Report.
From: Recommendations - Interim Report
Site note: These are the Inquiry's own words, from its recommendations page for the Interim Report, captured by the Internet Archive on 6 October 2022. They are the Inquiry's account of what the body told it, not the body's own words.
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- Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
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