RCN conference cancelled due to "sexual harassment".

[EgonSpengler2020]

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58371251.amp

Any ideas what is going on?

Saw the story earlier on the BBC news site and raised an eyebrow - I don't know anything about the background either unfortunately.

Did Benny Hill buy a ticket?
.
.
.
(Sorry, I know it's a serious subject - it's just quite a weird article with no obvious context. Hoping anyone affected is OK.)

Is sexual harassment normally rife at RCN conferences? Or just this year?

It’s very odd isn’t it. When I heard it on the news it sounded like a lot of people were involved, and this would explain why they’d had to cancel. Very sad but glad they seem to be now doing something about it.

Did someone get confused and think Carry On Nurse was a training video?

Yes I saw this and was ????!!!

I mean at a conference with squillions of people lots of them women. They are worried about mass sexual harrassment? It's risky bizarre!

Nursing times

The news has very much divided opinion on social media, while some have praised the unions quick decisive action, others have suggested the union is acting irrationally.

One seasoned male RCN member, who wished to remain anonymous, told NursingNotes that it is “unacceptable” that the union is tarring all male nurses with the same brush.

“Banning individual men who pose a risk [to the membership] is one thing, canceling an entire event based on the actions of one, maybe two people, is totally absurd and utterly unacceptable.

“Many have made plans to attend Congress on their own time and expense,” they added.

It is really really strange. I wonder what the email to ticket holders said. It must be an unprecedented reason to cancel her large conference. Very little info in the report.

Maybe a high up has had multiple reports and that's why?

The comment about tarring all male nurses with the same brush is... Very very odd.

No idea.

Have you seen the other thread about nurses calling for their orgs to end links with stonewall? Could it be related to that and concerns about harassment.

With legal assistance etc my guess would be they're had multiple reports about a prominent bloke in the org who would have been high profile there panels talks etc

That's a wild guess though

@weaselwords

Is sexual harassment normally rife at RCN conferences? Or just this year?

Not at the one I went to! How odd... Intrigued now.

Could be the topic that dare not be named Is just too risky for women to present in person...or some people really don’t want it raised. The document some nurses have produced is really excellent . Worth a read on the other board.

I bet it's a bog standard man with a visible position has harassed multiple women.

Thats my bet.

@NiceGerbil

Maybe a high up has had multiple reports and that's why?

The comment about tarring all male nurses with the same brush is... Very very odd.

No idea.

Multiple reports about a high up should just require that the high up is told they cannot attend.

It's bizarre. I don't think the comment about tarring all male nurses with the same brush is odd if the scenario was what you suggest.

I'm also finding it a little unbelievable that the RCN annual conference is such a hot bed of sexual harassment that it requires cancellation. Very odd story.

That would raise questions about why not there.

I mean I have no idea what it is but it sounds pretty serious

If it's one or two , doesn't it normally get managed like Alex salmond is reported to have been managed

Very odd

Imagine if every event was cancelled following previous harressment at other events , no event would ever run

I can see that the chair of the RCN Governing body has stepped down and is being investigated for misconduct after complaints were made about him. I wonder whether the RCN are afraid that the conference will be disrupted by people speaking out on this issue?
I agree that the other thing could be that the RCN are afraid that people will speak out on the Trans issue.
If the conference is held online, they can simply turn those people off.

Yeah, there's definitely something afoot, and I suspect it's about controlling the delegates.

Whats the RCN document? I have missed this? It seems an unusual move to cancel a whole conference based on the actions of one person or two.

@SevenOldLadies

Did someone get confused and think Carry On Nurse was a training video?

Right, smart arse. Now tell me how to get coffee out of a keyboard 😁

@Flapjak

Whats the RCN document? I have missed this? It seems an unusual move to cancel a whole conference based on the actions of one person or two.

It's on another thread, on this board I think. Sorry I can't do the link.

Would someone be able to link the other thread that keeps getting mentioned please, I'm struggling to find it.

One seasoned male RCN member, who wished to remain anonymous, told NursingNotes that it is “unacceptable” that the union is tarring all male nurses with the same brush.

Well, until men come with absolutely accurate labels

"Sexual harasser"

"Not a sexual harasser"

this might be the consequence. A male nurse might be better to complain and put pressure on his male colleagues, rather than whinging about the RCN.

Women shouldn't have to deal with colleagues harassing them.

How predictable that it's become 'not all male nurses'