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Responses to testimonials of sexual assault in surgery

2 mins read Incident reporting
The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) has released a statement following the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng) and the Women in Surgery Forum’s response to sexual assault in surgery testimonials.

In a joint statement, Professor Neil Mortensen, president of the RCSEng, and Miss Tamzin Cuming, chair of the Women in Surgery Forum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said, “We are outraged and appalled by the testimonials of sexual assault in the surgical workplace that are being shared on Twitter in response to the article Sexual assault in surgery: a painful truth by S Fleming and RA Fisher, published in the September Bulletin, and the letter to the authors submitted in response by Philippa Jackson. We have been aware that there needs to be a cultural change in surgery for some time, but these revelations have shone a light on the very serious issues of sexual harassment and assault in surgery.

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