How do you like your 'professionals' to dress?

My daughter is a consultant and always dresses appropriate ly. However, she can easily pass as being twenty-five and has to endure cheeky remarks as to whether or not she is old enough for her position! Personally, I have no desire to see someone in a professional job with tattoos on display or cleavage!

Who cares how they are dressed as long as they are competent?
My doctor, whom I call by her first name as invited, is probably 29, never patronises me and looks smart and casual.

I've had many experiences over the years of smart-suited professionals who hadn't a clue.

I'm with BlueBelle on this one. Clean, smart and even somewhat bland for me. That way I can fully concentrate on what is being said (and I need all the help I can get!) to me without distractions of any sort.l

I've never yet seen my 'new' doctor (almost three years now!)
so have no idea what he wears. But he does have a nice speaking voice on the phone.

As long as they do their job I don't care.

I would prefer to see nurses and doctors change into uniform when they arrive at work. Traveling in work clothes must risk contamination, which can be transferred to patients (often with compromised immunity)

Clean, neat, ordinary - hijab no problem, niqab and burka - no.

When OH was a Junior hospital doctor in the late 60s, their white coat, unless blood or 'other' stained - were changed once a week only - not very hygienic for sure.

Must say I really don't like uniforms, especially military style. But a man in a long white coat and a stetoscope, that is another story ...

Honestly, I truly do not care how a doctor is dressed, as long as s/he is clean, professional, has good communication skills, GSOH, and of course, excellent medical knowledge.

Don't mind what they wear as long as they know their stuff. Have to agree that most doctors/solicitors actually look like sixthformers, at least

Recently had to go to one of these emergency GP centres ona . wknd and there were 3 docs.One came into the waiting room and called out a patient's name several times, we all looked at each other as none of us could understand what he said ( not sure of his nationality) he left and came back with receptionist who called out the appropriate name. The next doc came out and was an overweight man, greasy hair, shirt half out of his trousers and frankly looked a disgrace. I sat there thinking I didn't want either of these men examining me and would have to go to the hospital instead. Fortunately a smartly dressed oriental female doc then called out my name. She looked clean and hygienic and I could understand what she said and knew that she would understand me, boy was I relieved!!!

Pinstripe suits for both sexes. Dead sexy.

Yes, what happened to white coats? My friend has just been in hospital and said you could not tell who doctors were.

I had a word colleague whose sister was a doctor, they shared a house, from my colleague I learnt that her sister was dirty did no cleaning up in fact was a slut.

I’m with Kitty here, I like doctors to look semi professional. I don’t think a suit is needed nowadays, but a shirt, trousers, and shoes (not trainers) for men and something like trousers (not jeans) shirt, skirt for women. As a teacher, we had a dress code at my school, no denim, no jeans, no trainers, no spaghetti strap tops, otherwise everything was ok. It worked, we all looked smart casual, could get up and down on the floor with the littlies, but didn’t look as if we were about to go to the gym.

My daughter is a GP and she goes out looking smart and professional when she goes out to work. She’s known for her killer heels! I’m so proud of her when I see her ready for work. Her husband is also a GP, he wears trousers (not jeans ever) open necked but proper shirt, sleeves half rolled up, and proper leather shoes, fashionable ones, not like my DH would wear. They both look lovely, smart but casual, absolutely ready for the job they do.

The consultant I saw last week was wearing Jeans, a checked shirt, trainers and a positive attitude. He examined the skin blemish that had me seen within the 2 week timespan. He doesn't believe its cancerous, had it photographed and I go back in a couple of months to follow up.
Did it matter to me what he was wearing. Did it fiddle. His professional warmth and experience was just what the doctor ordered.
Teachers in schools throughout Europe dress casually, as do their students. In the main, they have better academic results and less behavioural problems that we do.

I’ve always found doctors, nurses, other professionals intimidating. My gp dresses in a casual manner, she always looks clean and tidy and introduced herself with her full name. I find it much easier to talk to her than I have more formal doctors in the past.

No quite on message, but when my brother was in a private hospital in Majorca he had the MOST glamorous female Drs, beautiful hair, full make-up and they were dressed to go to a disco, one even had a bare midriff one day! under an (open) white coat of course.

There were also a couple of very good looking male Drs floating round, presumably for the female patients. And there was a gay nurse as well, all tastes catered for!

I don't know how good they were medically speaking, but they certainly cheered up my brother, once he was well enough to notice!

Nurses in skirts and caps were more likely to injure themselves when moving patients, while also trying to preserve modesty and keep the cap in place.

Do you mean “professionals” with an ‘ology OP or anyone working with the public? A few years ago I had a carer from an agency come to help me shower, wearing shorts cut halfway across her buttocks and a top so low I could practically see what she’d had for lunch! I’m not generally a “prude” but I thought it inappropriate and she might finish off any elderly men she had to finish that day!
Also in shops I like assistants to look like they work they actually work there, as sometimes no uniform means I either don’t identify them or ask other shoppers if they work there. Oops. I don’t mind casual and comfy but they represent the firm (whatever it is) so should be clean, tidy and conservatively presentable imo. As for tattoos I think they should be covered or discreet although South Wales Police have just agreed that officers can show their arm tattoos instead of covering them up as they weren’t attracting new recruits. Tattoos on the face are a definite no no for me

I think teachers ought to be smart for teaching teenagers otherwise the pupils are getting the wrong message and have even less idea about how to appear for job interviews.

The hospital I worked in had a dress code for non uniformed staff. We were not allowed to wear jeans, trainers, low cut tops, short skirts and there were other rules. I don't think doctors were subject to the same rules as other staff but most hospital doctors and GPs I've seen dress smart casual which is quite appropriate for their job.

notanan, 'approachable and authoritative'. The two terms are not incompatible. Would anyone in any condition be happy with a doctor who gave an impression of dithering uncertainity and insecurity, however competent they actually were underneath.

I think you are equating' air of authority' and 'authoritative' with being autocratic and arrogant. They are not at all the same thing.

Sue I remember leather doctors bags! Or "public transport" if you were a germ LOL

I remember a GP coming to our house (remember home visits?) wearing a filthy coat. She kept numerous spaniels and I think they must have shed every last hair and attached them to her coat.

Wrt scrubs, my trainee medic dd is tiny but small size scrubs are as rare as hen's teeth. She sometimes ends up looking as though she's wearing a duvet cover!

The two GPs in our practice whom I choose to see both work with their shirt sleeves rolled up which is in accordance with hospital practice. They wash their hands before and after examining a patient. Better that than the 3-piece suit that doctors wore in my youth.