The BMA, working in collaboration with Surviving in Scrubs, reports on sexism and sexual violence in UK medical education and sets out recommendations to improve safety, reporting and accountability for medical students.
The Guardian reports on the launch of Surviving in Scrubs by Becky Cox and Chelcie Jewitt, highlighting experiences of gender-based discrimination, harassment and sexual assault in healthcare and the campaign’s call for cultural change.
A BMJ article calling for meaningful action to tackle sexual assault and harassment in medicine, highlighting concerns about harassment within surgical and healthcare environments.
A BMJ report on concerning levels of sexual violence experienced by medical students, highlighting findings from a BMA report produced in collaboration with Surviving in Scrubs and calls for stronger safeguarding in medical schools.
A BMJ Doctor Informed podcast episode discussing Surviving in Scrubs and experiences of sexism, sexual harassment and assault in medicine.
Dr Becky Cox speaks to the BBC about her experience of sexual harassment and assault during surgical training, and why change is needed to make medicine safer for women.
From today NHS staff in England will be able to whistleblow on colleagues for sexual harassment, as part of plans to improve safety for staff across the health service. To discuss the plans Nuala speaks to Dr Chelcie Jewitt co-founder of Surviving in Scrubs set up to raise awareness of the sexist and misogynistic culture within health care.
Surviving in Scrubs, a campaign group representing doctors who’ve faced sexual violence in medicine, has called on the health secretary to force dozens of medical schools to commit to new NHS standards for tackling sexual assault and harassment.
