School medical exams in the UK for girls

Ladies, have any of you ever had a school exam where you had to be completely naked? In the 90's in my school we just had to go down to our underwear, but I read that some schools the girls had to get completely naked in front of the male doctor. Has this ever happened to you and if not in school has it ever happened at the doctors?

When I was at primary school (but until 13-14 years old) girls (and boys)had the school exam that was about sight, weight, teeth and, obviously, lungs and heart...

I suppose that girls were shirtless, but I don't think completely naked...

Can't imagine that ever happening in the UK - however I stand to be corrected.

Lol definitely wouldn't happen in the uk now...if it ever did...it wud not e acceptable for sooo many reasons

I remember having a school medical in the late 80s and we didn't have to undress more than unbuttoning shirts, so I can't believe anyone of either sex would have to undress more than that in the 1990s.

I've collected quite a lot of information over the years about UK school medicals. I have to say this one is something of a rarity in terms of the level of undressing as applied to girls. Even in the 60s and 70s, a typical scenario for teenage girls would have them removing their skirt and bra, and putting their blouse back on before they went in front of the doctor, they would then open the blouse for stething. Girls didn't usually have a genital examination beyond a quick look down their underwear, so were not usually required to strip completely.

Boys, however, did usually get a genital exam, and as such would either end up naked or with their underpants pulled down. As can be seen from many posts on the subject on the Forum here, it was not at all unusual for boys (regardless of age) to be told to by the nurse to strip naked at the start of the exam (happened to me twice), and so would be weighed and measured (and even have to do the eye test) naked.

Back then there certainly wouldn't be any question of being asked if you wanted this test or that (as mentioned in the account on the other thread), they just did what they wanted to you with no explanation, and not so much as a "please" or a "thank you"!

Medicals done this way started to peter out in the early 80s (though I have read of some being done in the 'old-fashioned' way quite a bit later than that) and they were no longer universally applied. It was judged that the number of faults identified (around 2%) did not justify the use of resources: parents were asked to complete health questionnaires instead, and only those who were thought to be susceptible to some ailment or other were actually examined.

Having said that, I think Scotland went its own way and continued with the universal system. I can't imagine any school or school clinic using today the methods that were employed in bygone times. No one thought much of it at the time, it was accepted practice and wasn't questioned. Many people find it hard to believe that such things went on - rather like the use of corporal punishment - and there was so little concern for children's modesty, especially that of boys - bear in mind, most paediatricians in those days were women, and the nurses were always female.

I (as a boy) had school medicals in the fifties and sixties in the UK, and was never completely naked, nor examined below the waist. Nor indeed were any of my classmates.

My daughter has just had one, and it was done in front of the girls in her class and naked. I was going to complain but she is cool with it.

My daughter has just had one, and it was done in front of the girls in her class and naked. I was going to complain but she is cool with it.

Where was this? as this in England and Wales, isn't done, it's not allowed.

If this is true, which i doubt, then complain!

I once heard a school medical exam story about an old G/F. Just before she left school in the late sixties her whole class were called for a final medical before they left school at sixteen, both girls and boys. It seemed my G/F and her friend were late for the girls exam and had to go back later just as the boys' session was ending. The friend told me this story clearly to the discomfort of my G/F and when they arrived several of the boys were still in a state of undress. The two girls had to pick their way through them and into the room where the doctor and nurse were carrying out the examinations. They had to undress to just their knickers behind a screen and were then examined together. This included a breast development check and a quick look down the front of their knickers.

I don't know how accurate this story is but friend happily told me the full details while my G/F was hugely embarassed about the whole event.