WESC - sexual assault & harassment in the NHS workforce

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https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b8099b24-f84e-4da6-96ae-7ec784fdd26c

This was last week, but I don't think I saw anything reported.

Tamzin Cuming, Chair, Women in Surgery Forum, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Professor Nicola Ranger, Chief Nurse, Royal College of Nursing; Dr Chelcie Jewitt, Co-founder, Surviving in Scrubs, Emergency Medicine Registrar, NHS

Article in Nursing Times:

https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/warning-that-sexual-harassment-of-nurses-must-stop-26-10-2023/

'“Nursing is a 90% female profession.'

'A Nursing Times poll, conducted in 2021 in collaboration with Unison, found that three in five nurses had been sexually harassed at work, and that many had been made to feel it was “just part of the job”.
Of those those who had experienced sexual harrassment, just 27% said they had reported it to their employer.
Meanwhile, out of the more than 2,000 respondents, 39% had witnessed another colleague being harassed.'

Finally reported in the Times, it has been archived but if anyone has a share token?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sexual-violence-is-tolerated-by-nhs-times-health-commission-dnlp0mnkd

The quote from a gynaecologist(!) is just rage inducing. He clearly should know better so the reason for him saying that cannot be good.

I also wonder if they treat their colleagues like this, how do they behave towards their female patients?

And also the Guardian which gives a bit more context around the gynaecologists remark, and it's so much worse.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/culture-of-impunity-for-nhs-staff-accused-of-sexual-violence-say-campaigners