One in five UK doctors 'suffers or witnesses' sexual harassment
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from on (#4RJ17)
Offences include repeatedly asking for a date or sending explicit texts, survey shows
One in five doctors has been sexually harassed or witnessed it at work, with offences including explicit text messages or emails or being groped, propositioned or repeatedly asked to go on a date, a survey has found.
The perpetrators are mostly patients but sometimes they are fellow medics or nurses, according to a survey of 1,378 hospital doctors and GPs across the UK.
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