For the first time, NHS staff have been asked if they had experienced sexual harassment while at work as part of its annual workforce survey.
Nine per cent of all NHS staff and 18 per cent of medical and dental staff in training have been the target of unwanted sexual behaviour in the NHS from patients, service users, their relatives or other members of the public. The data also shows that 3.84 per cent of NHS staff have been the target of unwanted sexual behaviour from staff/colleagues in the NHS.
Ambulance staff were particularly affected by sexual harassment, with just under a quarter of staff reporting unwanted sexual behaviour from the public last year.
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