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. Living Well Partnership
98. Locala Health and Wellbeing
99. Longtown Medical Practice
100. Low Moor Medical Practice
101. Mayford House Surgery
102. Medneo Diagnostics UK Limited
103. Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
104. Modality Partnership
105. MSI Reproductive Choices UK
106. Navigo Health and Social Care CiC
107. NES Healthcare UK
108. New Victoria Hospital
109. Newmedica
110. NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit
111. NHS Counter Fraud Authority
112. NHS Employers
113. NHS Professionals
114. NHS Property Services
115. NHS Resolution
116. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
117. Nimbuscare
118. North of England Commissioning Support Unit
119. Northenden Group Practice
120. Norwich Medical School
121. Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC
122. Nouvita Healthcare
123. Nuffield Health
124. One Medical group
125. OneMedical Property
126. Operose Health
127. Orchard Medical Centre
128. OSD Healthcare
129. Parkview Medical Centre
130. Pathfinder Group
131. PHL Group Ltd
132. Phoenix Hospital Group
133. Practice Plus Group
134. Primary Eyecare Services Limited
135. Queenscourt Hospice
136. Ramsay Health Care UK
137. Reuts Medical Practice
138. Richard House Children’s Hospice
139. Royal College of Anaesthetists
140. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
141. Royal College of General Practitioners
142. Royal College of Nursing
143. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
144. Royal College of Ophthalmologists
145. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
146. Royal College of Physicians
147. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
148. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
149. Royal College of Podiatry
150. Royal College of Psychiatrists
151. Royal College of Radiologists
152. Royal College of Surgeons of England
153. Royal Pharmaceutical Society
154. Royal Trinity Hospice
155. Salford Primary Care Together
156. Shoen Clinic
157. Sirona care and health
158. Sodexo Health and Care
159. Southampton Medical School
160. SpaMedica Ltd
161. Spectrum Community Health CiC
162. Spencer Private Hospitals Limited
163. Spencer Street Surgery
164. Spire Healthcare Limited
165. Springfield Medical Centre
166. Springhill Hospice
167. St Clare Hospice
168. St George’s School of Health and Medical Sciences
169. St John and St Elizabeth Hospital
170. St Josephs Hospital
171. St Oswald’s Hospice
172. St Thomas Medical Group
173. Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA)
174. Stonehill Medical Centre
175. Sulis Hospital Bath
176. Survivors In Transition
177. SurvivorsUK
178. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
179. The British Association of Urological Surgeons
180. The Employee Resilience Company Ltd
181. The Faculty of Public Health
182. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
183. The Gill and Oakbank Medical Centres
184. The Limes Medical Centre
185. The Local Primary Care Federation
186. The London Clinic
187. The New Foscote Hospital
188. The Private Clinic
189. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
190. The Royal College of Pathologists
191. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
192. The Sides Medical Centre
193. The Society of Radiographers
194. The Springs Medical Practice
195. The Survivors Trust
196. The University of Manchester (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health)
197. The University of Sheffield (Faculty of Health)
198. Totally Group PLC
199. Tower House Surgery
200. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Community Interest Company
201. Transform Healthcare
202. UK Council for Educators of Medical Professionalism
203. UNISON Health Group
204. University of Glasgow
205. University of Suffolk Dental CIC
206. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd
207. Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
208. Viaduct Care CIC
209. Vida Sheffield
210. Vita Health Group
211. Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
212. We Are Survivors
213. We Stand
214. Welbeck Health Partners and Welbeck Group
215. West Kent Primary Care
216. Willowbrook Hospice
217. Wiltshire Health and Care
218. Wolstanton Medical Centre
219. Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery
220. Your Medical Services