The NHS is facing its own ‘Me Too’ movement after female doctors shared their experiences of sexism and sexual assault in hospitals as part of a new campaign called ‘Surviving in Scrubs’.
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[Surviving in Scrubs] want the General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates doctors, to explicitly condemn sexist behaviour, claiming that advice to simply “treat colleagues fairly and with respect” has not had the desired effect.
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Surviving in Scrubs is an issue for all healthcare workers, say the campaign’s founders, Becky Cox and Chelcie Jewitt, who are encouraging women to share stories of harassment and abuse to “push for change and to reach the people in power”.
