Summary
Staff reports of sexual harassment in the NHS have tripled in the past 5 years, according to a Medscape UK survey on sexual harassment in the workplace. The online survey gathered responses between April and September this year from 689 clinicians, including 452 physicians and 170 nurses.
Among the doctors who responded, 9% said they had personally experienced sexual abuse, harassment, or misconduct within the past 3 years, three times the rate reported in Medscape’s last survey in 2019. Almost as many (8%) reported witnessing harassing behaviours by others, double the 2019 proportion of 4%. Those admitting to having been accused of such behaviours remained fairly constant at 1%.
Recommended Comments
Create an account or sign in to comment