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.

Where any of the above is not currently in place, we commit to work towards ensuring it is in place by July 2024.

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

Further information about the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme please see the FutureNHS collaboration platform: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme – FutureNHS Collaboration Platform

Organisations that have signed the charter

1. 18 Week Support
2. Absolute Care Homes (Central) Limited
3. Active Care Group
4. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
5. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
6. Alliance Medical
7. Allied Health Professionals Suffolk, Community Interest Company
8. Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
9. Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10. Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
11. Association of Anaesthetists
12. Association of Breast Surgery
13. Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
14. Aurora Medcare
15. Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
16. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
17. Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
18. Barts Health NHS Trust
19. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
20. Benenden Hospital
21. Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
22. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
23. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
24. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Trust
25. Black Country Health Care Foundation Trust
26. Black Country Integrated Care Board
27. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
28. Bolton NHS foundation Trust
29. Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
30. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
31. Bridgewater Community Healthcare
32. BrisDoc Healthcare Services Ltd
33. Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
34. British and Irish Orthoptic Society
35. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
36. British Dietetic Association
37. British Medical Association
38. British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
39. British Orthopaedic Association
40. British Society of Gastroenterology
41. Bromley Healthcare CIC
42. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
43. Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board
44. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
45. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
46. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
47. Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
48. Care and Custody Police Services
49. Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
50. Central Medical Services Ltd
51. Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust
52. CHEC
53. Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
54. Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
55. Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
56. Circle Health Group
57. City Health Care Partnership
58. Cleveland Clinic London
59. College of Operating Department Practitioners
60. College of Paramedics
61. Community Hosting and Support
62. Connect Health
63. Cornwall Foundation Trust
64. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
65. Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust
66. County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
67. Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
68. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
69. Croydon Health Services
70. Cumbria Health Ltd.
71. Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
72. Cygnet Health Care
73. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
74. Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
75. Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
76. Devon Partnership NHS Trust
77. DHU Healthcare
78. Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
79. Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
80. Dorset Healthcare University NHS Trust
81. Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust
82. East Berkshire Primary Care
83. East Cheshire NHS Trust
84. East Kent Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
85. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
86. East London NHS Foundation Trust
87. East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
88. East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
89. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
90. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
91. Elysium Healthcare
92. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Foundation Trust
93. Essex Partnership University Hospital NHS Trust
94. Everyturn Mental Health
95. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine – Member of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
96. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
97. First Community Health and Care
98. Frimley Heath NHS Foundation Trust
99. Frimley Integrated Care Board
100. Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust
101. Genesis Care
102. George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
103. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
104. Gloucestershire Hospitals
105. Gloucestershire Managed Services
106. Great Ormond Street Hospital
107. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
108. Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
109. GTD Healthcare
110. Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust
111. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
112. Hardcore Medical and Ambulance Services
113. Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
114. HCA Healthcare
115. Health Services Safety Investigations Body
116. Health Transportation Group UK Limited
117. Healthcare Management Trust
118. HealthShare Group
119. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
120. Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
121. Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust
122. HomeLink Healthcare
123. Homerton Healthcare
124. Horder Healthcare
125. Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
126. Hull University Teaching Hospitals
127. Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
128. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
129. Independent Health Group
130. Independent Healthcare Providers Network
131. InHealth Group
132. Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
133. Isle of White NHS Trust
134. James Paget University Hospital
135. Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
136. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
137. Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
138. KIMS Hospital
139. King Edward VII’s Hospital
140. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
141. Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
142. Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
143. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
144. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
145. Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
146. Leeds Community Healthcare
147. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
148. Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
149. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
150. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
151. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
152. Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
153. Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
154. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
155. Liverpool University Hospitals
156. Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
157. Livewell Southwest
158. LivingCare Group
159. Locala Health and Wellbeing
160. London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
161. London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
162. Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
163. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
164. Mayford House Surgery
165. Medneo Diagnostics UK Limited
166. Medway Community Healthcare
167. Medway NHS Foundation Trust
168. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
169. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
170. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
171. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
172. Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
173. Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
174. Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
175. Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
176. Moorfields Eye Hospital
177. MSI Reproductive Choices UK
178. Navigo Health and Social Care CiC
179. NES Healthcare UK
180. New Victoria Hospital
181. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
182. Newmedica
183. NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit
184. NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
185. NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
186. NHS Cheshire and Mersyside
187. NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
188. NHS Dorset
189. NHS Employers
190. NHS England
191. NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
192. NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
193. NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
194. NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB
195. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
196. NHS Kent and Medway ICB
197. NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
198. NHS North East London Integrated Care Board
199. NHS North West London Integrated Care Board
200. NHS Northamptonshire ICB
201. NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
202. NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
203. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support
204. NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
205. NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
206. Nimbuscare
207. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
208. Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
209. Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
210. North Bristol NHS Trust
211. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
212. North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
213. North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
214. North East London NHS Foundation Trust
215. North London Mental Health Partnership
216. North Middlesex University Trust
217. North of England Commissioning Support Unit
218. North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
219. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
220. North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
221. North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
222. Northampton General Hospital
223. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
224. Northenden Group Practice
225. Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
226. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
227. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
228. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
229. Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC
230. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
231. Nuffield Health
232. One Medical group
233. Operose Health
234. OSD Healthcare
235. Oxford Health Foundation Trust
236. Oxford University Hospitals
237. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
238. Parkview Medical Centre
239. Pathfinder Group
240. Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
241. Pheonix Hospital Group
242. PHL Group Ltd
243. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
244. Practice Plus Group
245. Primary Eyecare Services Limited
246. Queen Elizabeth Hospital
247. Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
248. Ramsay Health Care UK
249. Richard House Children’s Hospice
250. Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
251. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
252. Royal College of Anaesthetists
253. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
254. Royal College of General Practitioners
255. Royal College of Nursing
256. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
257. Royal College of Ophthalmologists
258. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
259. Royal College of Physicians
260. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
261. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
262. Royal College of Podiatry
263. Royal College of Psychiatrists
264. Royal College of Radiologists
265. Royal College of Surgeons of England
266. Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
267. Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
268. Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
269. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
270. Royal Papworth Hospital
271. Royal Pharmaceutical Society
272. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
273. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
274. Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
275. Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
276. Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
277. Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
278. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
279. Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
280. Shoen Clinic
281. Shropshire Community Health Trust
282. Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
283. Sodexo Health and Care
284. Solent NHS Trust
285. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
286. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
287. South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust
288. South Tees Hospitals NHs Foundation Trust
289. South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
290. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
291. South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
292. South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
293. South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust
294. South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
295. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
296. Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
297. Spencer Private Hospitals Limited
298. Spire Healthcare Limited
299. Springhill Hospice
300. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
301. St Oswald’s Hospice
302. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
303. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
304. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
305. Sulis Hospital Bath
306. Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust
307. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
308. Surrey Heartlands ICB
309. Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
310. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
311. Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
312. Tees Esk and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
313. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
314. The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
315. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
316. The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
317. The Faculty of Public Health
318. The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
319. The London Clinic
320. The New Foscote Hospital
321. The Princess Alexandra NHS Trust
322. The Private Clinic
323. The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
324. The Rotherham Foundation NHS Trust
325. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
326. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
327. The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
328. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
329. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
330. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
331. The Society of Radiographers
332. The Springs Medical Practice
333. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
334. The University of Manchester (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health)
335. The University of Sheffield (Faculty of Health)
336. The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
337. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
338. Totally Group PLC
339. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Community Interest Company
340. Transform Healthcare
341. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
342. University College Hospitals London
343. University Hospital Dorset
344. University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust
345. University Hospital Southampton
346. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
347. University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust
348. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
349. University Hospitals Morecambe Bay Trust
350. University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
351. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
352. University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
353. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
354. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd
355. Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
356. Vita Health Group
357. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
358. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
359. We Are Survivors
360. Welbeck Health Partners and Welbeck Group
361. West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
362. West London NHS Trust
363. West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
364. West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
365. Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
366. Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
367. Wolstanton Medical Centre
368. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
369. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
370. Wye Valley NHS Trust
371. York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
372. Yorkshire Ambulance Service
373. Your Medical Services