Those who work, train and learn within the healthcare system have the right to be safe and feel supported at work.

Organisations across the healthcare system need to work together and individually to tackle unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour in the workplace.

We all have a responsibility to ourselves and our colleagues and must act if we witness these behaviours.

As signatories to this charter, we commit to a zero-tolerance approach to any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours towards our workforce. We commit to the following principles and actions to achieve this:

1. We will actively work to eradicate sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace.
2. We will promote a culture that fosters openness and transparency, and does not tolerate unwanted, harmful and/or inappropriate sexual behaviours.
3. We will take an intersectional approach to the sexual safety of our workforce, recognising certain groups will experience sexual harassment and abuse at a disproportionate rate.
4. We will provide appropriate support for those in our workforce who experience unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours.
5. We will clearly communicate standards of behaviour. This includes expected action for those who witness inappropriate, unwanted and/or harmful sexual behaviour.
6. We will ensure appropriate, specific, and clear policies are in place. They will include appropriate and timely action against alleged perpetrators.
7. We will ensure appropriate, specific, and clear training is in place.
8. We will ensure appropriate reporting mechanisms are in place for those experiencing these behaviours.
9. We will take all reports seriously and appropriate and timely action will be taken in all cases.
10. We will capture and share data on prevalence and staff experience transparently.

These commitments will apply to everyone in our organisation equally.

NHS England, all NHS provider trusts and all integrated care boards have now signed the sexual safety charter.

Other organisations connected with delivering care for patients are also able to sign the charter.

To sign up to the charter and for more information on the national domestic abuse and sexual violence work programme, please email england.domesticabusesexualviolence@nhs.net.

Non-NHS organisations which have signed the charter

For further information about the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme, please visit the FutureNHS collaboration platform: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme – FutureNHS Collaboration Platform (FutureNHS login required)

1. 18 Week Support
2. Absolute Care Homes (Central) Limited
3. Active Care Group
4. Alice House Hospice
5. Alliance Medical Ltd
6. Allied Health Professionals and Social Work Professionals
7. Allied Health Professionals Suffolk, Community Interest Company
8. Allied Health Professions
9. Ambulance Transfers Ltd
10. Appleby Medical Practice
11. Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
12. Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
13. Association of Anaesthetists
14. Association of Breast Surgery
15. Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
16. Aurora Medcare
17. Benenden Hospital
18. BrisDoc Healthcare Services Ltd
19. British and Irish Orthoptic Society
20. British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN)
21. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
22. British Cardiovascular Society
23. British Dietetic Association
24. British Medical Association
25. British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
26. British Orthopaedic Association
27. British Society of Gastroenterology
28. Bromley Healthcare CIC
29. Care and Custody Police Services
30. Castlegate and Derwent Surgery
31. Castlehead Medical Centre
32. Cavell
33. Central Medical Services Ltd
34. CHEC
35. Circle Health Group
36. City Health Care Partnership
37. Cleveland Clinic London
38. Clinical Eye Service Ltd
39. College of Operating Department Practitioners
40. College of Paramedics
41. Community Hosting and Support
42. Compleo Health Limited
43. Connect Health
44. CSH
45. Cumbria Health Ltd.
46. Cumbria Medical Services, NHS
47. Cygnet Health Care
48. DHU Healthcare
49. Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd
50. East Berkshire Primary Care
51. East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
52. East Norfolk Medical Practice
53. Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh
54. Elysium Healthcare
55. Epsomedical
56. ER Systems Global
57. Everyturn Mental Health
58. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine – Member of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
59. Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
60. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
61. Fairford Medical Limited
62. First Community Health and Care
63. Fortius Clinic
64. Genesis Care
65. Gloucestershire Managed Services
66. GTD Healthcare
67. Hardcore Medical and Ambulance Services
68. HCA Healthcare
69. Head of Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
70. Health Services Safety Investigations Body
71. Health Transportation Group UK Limited
72. Healthcare Management Trust
73. HealthShare Group
74. HomeLink Healthcare
75. Horder Healthcare
76. Independent Health Group
77. Independent Healthcare Providers Network
78. InHealth Group
79. Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
80. Integrated Care 24
81. Iris Care Group
82. KIMS Hospital
83. King Edward VII’s Hospital
84. Kooth Digital Health Limited
85. Leicester Medical School
86. Livewell Southwest
87. LivingCare Group
88. Locala Health and Wellbeing
89. Longtown Medical Practice
90. Low Moor Medical Practice
91. Mayford House Surgery
92. Medneo Diagnostics UK Limited
93. Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
94. Modality Partnership
95. MSI Reproductive Choices UK
96. Navigo Health and Social Care CiC
97. NES Healthcare UK
98. New Victoria Hospital
99. Newmedica
100. NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit
101. NHS Counter Fraud Authority
102. NHS Employers
103. NHS Professionals
104. NHS Property Services
105. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
106. Nimbuscare
107. North of England Commissioning Support Unit
108. Northenden Group Practice
109. Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC
110. Nuffield Health
111. One Medical group
112. OneMedical Property
113. Operose Health
114. OSD Healthcare
115. Parkview Medical Centre
116. Pathfinder Group
117. PHL Group Ltd
118. Phoenix Hospital Group
119. Practice Plus Group
120. Primary Eyecare Services Limited
121. Queenscourt Hospice
122. Ramsay Health Care UK
123. Richard House Children’s Hospice
124. Royal College of Anaesthetists
125. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
126. Royal College of General Practitioners
127. Royal College of Nursing
128. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
129. Royal College of Ophthalmologists
130. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
131. Royal College of Physicians
132. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
133. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
134. Royal College of Podiatry
135. Royal College of Psychiatrists
136. Royal College of Radiologists
137. Royal College of Surgeons of England
138. Royal Pharmaceutical Society
139. Shoen Clinic
140. Sirona care and health
141. Sodexo Health and Care
142. Southampton Medical School
143. Spectrum Community Health CiC
144. Spencer Private Hospitals Limited
145. Spencer Street Surgery
146. Spire Healthcare Limited
147. Springhill Hospice
148. St Clare Hospice
149. St John and St Elizabeth Hospital
150. St Oswald’s Hospice
151. St Thomas Medical Group
152. Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA)
153. Stonehill Medical Centre
154. Sulis Hospital Bath
155. Survivors In Transition
156. SurvivorsUK
157. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
158. The British Association of Urological Surgeons
159. The Faculty of Public Health
160. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
161. The Local Primary Care Federation
162. The London Clinic
163. The New Foscote Hospital
164. The Private Clinic
165. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
166. The Royal College of Pathologists
167. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
168. The Society of Radiographers
169. The Springs Medical Practice
170. The Survivors Trust
171. The University of Manchester (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health)
172. The University of Sheffield (Faculty of Health)
173. Totally Group PLC
174. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Community Interest Company
175. Transform Healthcare
176. UNISON Health Group
177. University of Glasgow
178. University of Suffolk Dental CIC
179. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd
180. Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
181. Viaduct Care CIC
182. Vida Sheffield
183. Vita Health Group
184. Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
185. We Are Survivors
186. We Stand
187. Welbeck Health Partners and Welbeck Group
188. West Kent Primary Care
189. Wiltshire Health and Care
190. Wolstanton Medical Centre
191. Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery
192. Your Medical Services