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