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 – Futures Collaboration Platform (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. Clarendon Surgery
38. Cleveland Clinic London
39. Clinical Eye Service Ltd
40. College of Operating Department Practitioners
41. College of Paramedics
42. Community Hosting and Support
43. Community Dental Services CIC
44. Compleo Health Limited
45. Connect Health
46. Cornerstone Medical Practice and Irlam Clinic
47. CSH
48. Cumbria Health Ltd.
49. Cumbria Medical Services, NHS
50. Cygnet Health Care
51. Dearden Avenue Medical Practice
52. DHU Healthcare
53. Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd
54. East Berkshire Primary Care
55. East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
56. East Norfolk Medical Practice
57. Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh
58. Ellenbrook Medical Centre
59. Elysium Healthcare
60. Epsomedical
61. ER Systems Global
62. Everyturn Mental Health
63. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine – Member of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
64. Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
65. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
66. Fairford Medical Limited
67. First Community Health and Care
68. Fortius Clinic
69. Genesis Care
70. Gloucestershire Managed Services
71. GTD Healthcare
72. Hardcore Medical and Ambulance Services
73. HCA Healthcare
74. Head of Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
75. Health Services Safety Investigations Body
76. Health Transportation Group UK Limited
77. Healthcare Management Trust
78. HealthShare Group
79. HomeLink Healthcare
80. Horder Healthcare
81. Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association
82. Hospital Pharmacy Services Nottingham t/a Trust Pharmacy
83. Independent Health Group
84. Independent Healthcare Providers Network
85. InHealth Group
86. Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
87. Integrated Care 24
88. Iris Care Group
89. KIMS Hospital
90. King Edward VII’s Hospital
91. Kooth Digital Health Limited
92. KSS Air Ambulance Service
93. Lambda Medical Ltd
94. Leicester Medical School
95. Livewell Southwest
96. LivingCare Group
97. Locala Health and Wellbeing
98. Longtown Medical Practice
99. Low Moor Medical Practice
100. Mayford House Surgery
101. Medneo Diagnostics UK Limited
102. Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
103. Modality Partnership
104. MSI Reproductive Choices UK
105. Navigo Health and Social Care CiC
106. NES Healthcare UK
107. New Victoria Hospital
108. Newmedica
109. NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit
110. NHS Counter Fraud Authority
111. NHS Employers
112. NHS Professionals
113. NHS Property Services
114. NHS Resolution
115. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
116. Nimbuscare
117. North of England Commissioning Support Unit
118. Northenden Group Practice
119. Norwich Medical School
120. Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC
121. Nouvita Healthcare
122. Nuffield Health
123. One Medical group
124. OneMedical Property
125. Operose Health
126. OSD Healthcare
127. Parkview Medical Centre
128. Pathfinder Group
129. PHL Group Ltd
130. Phoenix Hospital Group
131. Practice Plus Group
132. Primary Eyecare Services Limited
133. Queenscourt Hospice
134. Ramsay Health Care UK
135. Reuts Medical Practice
136. Richard House Children’s Hospice
137. Royal College of Anaesthetists
138. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
139. Royal College of General Practitioners
140. Royal College of Nursing
141. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
142. Royal College of Ophthalmologists
143. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
144. Royal College of Physicians
145. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
146. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
147. Royal College of Podiatry
148. Royal College of Psychiatrists
149. Royal College of Radiologists
150. Royal College of Surgeons of England
151. Royal Pharmaceutical Society
152. Royal Trinity Hospice
153. Salford Primary Care Together
154. Shoen Clinic
155. Sirona care and health
156. Sodexo Health and Care
157. Southampton Medical School
158. SpaMedica Ltd
159. Spectrum Community Health CiC
160. Spencer Private Hospitals Limited
161. Spencer Street Surgery
162. Spire Healthcare Limited
163. Springfield Medical Centre
164. Springhill Hospice
165. St Clare Hospice
166. St George’s School of Health and Medical Sciences
167. St John and St Elizabeth Hospital
168. St Josephs Hospital
169. St Oswald’s Hospice
170. St Thomas Medical Group
171. Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA)
172. Stonehill Medical Centre
173. Sulis Hospital Bath
174. Survivors In Transition
175. SurvivorsUK
176. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
177. The British Association of Urological Surgeons
178. The Employee Resilience Company Ltd
179. The Faculty of Public Health
180. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
181. The Gill and Oakbank Medical Centres
182. The Limes Medical Centre
183. The Local Primary Care Federation
184. The London Clinic
185. The New Foscote Hospital
186. The Private Clinic
187. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
188. The Royal College of Pathologists
189. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
190. The Sides Medical Centre
191. The Society of Radiographers
192. The Springs Medical Practice
193. The Survivors Trust
194. The University of Manchester (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health)
195. The University of Sheffield (Faculty of Health)
196. Totally Group PLC
197. Tower House Surgery
198. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Community Interest Company
199. Transform Healthcare
200. UK Council for Educators of Medical Professionalism
201. UNISON Health Group
202. University of Glasgow
203. University of Suffolk Dental CIC
204. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd
205. Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
206. Viaduct Care CIC
207. Vida Sheffield
208. Vita Health Group
209. Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
210. We Are Survivors
211. We Stand
212. Welbeck Health Partners and Welbeck Group
213. West Kent Primary Care
214. Willowbrook Hospice
215. Wiltshire Health and Care
216. Wolstanton Medical Centre
217. Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery
218. Your Medical Services