Scotland’s Patient Safety Commissioner has expressed deep concern over new figures which suggest around 1,000 sexual assaults and rapes have taken place in Scottish hospitals in the last five years.
A study by the Women’s Rights Network Scotland (WRNS) found almost 300 sexual assaults and rapes were logged by police between 2019-2024, with more than half on hospital wards.
But the group concluded that as only 29% of hospitals are reporting cases to Police Scotland, the true number is likely to be closer to 1,000 attacks.
Source: The Sunday Post, 15 December 2025
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