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The British Journal of Surgery (BJS) examined sexual misconduct over the past five years among the UK surgical workforce and found that 63% of women and 23% of men who took part were sexually harassed by colleagues.
Of those, 29.9% of women reported being sexually assaulted – significantly higher than the 6.9% of the male surgical workforce.
The assaults ranged from genitals or breasts being touched or groped to rape.
Labour MP Rosie Duffield raises “staggering” scale of rape and sexual assaults which takes place in hospital settings
PM Rishi Sunak says he’s “deeply shocked and appalled to hear about the cases of sexual assault and abuse in the NHS”#PMQs https://t.co/ng3vvSGerJ pic.twitter.com/RXIgXqlBDj
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The report also highlighted the amount of sexual coercion reported, with 11% of women “experiencing forced physical contact linked to career opportunities”.
According to Sky News, the survey added that females were more likely to report witnessing sexual misconduct (89.5%) and assault than their male counterparts, the latter making up for a larger proportion of the profession.
Alongside rape at work, it found that “participants in this survey reported rape by colleagues in other work-related contexts, including teaching spaces, conferences, and after-work events with colleagues”.
“There are relatively few measures in place to protect the potentially vulnerable in settings such as conferences,” the report found.
All levels were surveyed from consultants all the way down to medical students.
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But the vast majority of the 1,704 respondents were consultants and more senior members of staff – which the report suggested was because those…
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