HC Deb 16 July 1986 vol 101 c554W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what procedures his Department recommends for the measuring of the body temperature of suspected cases of hypothermia.

Mr. Whitney

The way in which a patient's temperature is ascertained, and the procedure employed, is a matter for the professional judgment of the doctor or nurse concerned. The Department's current professional guidance, which was given in a circular letter — CMO 25/74 —issued on 2 December 1974 by the then Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, draws attention to the advisability of taking the deep body temperature with a low reading thermometer where there is a suspicion of hypothermia.

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