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. Compleo Health Limited
44. Connect Health
45. Cornerstone Medical Practice and Irlam Clinic
46. CSH
47. Cumbria Health Ltd.
48. Cumbria Medical Services, NHS
49. Cygnet Health Care
50. DHU Healthcare
51. Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd
52. East Berkshire Primary Care
53. East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
54. East Norfolk Medical Practice
55. Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh
56. Ellenbrook Medical Centre
57. Elysium Healthcare
58. Epsomedical
59. ER Systems Global
60. Everyturn Mental Health
61. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine – Member of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
62. Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
63. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
64. Fairford Medical Limited
65. First Community Health and Care
66. Fortius Clinic
67. Genesis Care
68. Gloucestershire Managed Services
69. GTD Healthcare
70. Hardcore Medical and Ambulance Services
71. HCA Healthcare
72. Head of Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
73. Health Services Safety Investigations Body
74. Health Transportation Group UK Limited
75. Healthcare Management Trust
76. HealthShare Group
77. HomeLink Healthcare
78. Community Dental Services CIC
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. Leicester Medical School
93. Livewell Southwest
94. LivingCare Group
95. Locala Health and Wellbeing
96. Longtown Medical Practice
97. Low Moor Medical Practice
98. Mayford House Surgery
99. Medneo Diagnostics UK Limited
100. Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
101. Modality Partnership
102. MSI Reproductive Choices UK
103. Navigo Health and Social Care CiC
104. NES Healthcare UK
105. New Victoria Hospital
106. Newmedica
107. NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit
108. NHS Counter Fraud Authority
109. NHS Employers
110. NHS Professionals
111. NHS Property Services
112. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
113. Nimbuscare
114. North of England Commissioning Support Unit
115. Northenden Group Practice
116. Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC
117. Nouvita Healthcare
118. Nuffield Health
119. One Medical group
120. OneMedical Property
121. Operose Health
122. OSD Healthcare
123. Parkview Medical Centre
124. Pathfinder Group
125. PHL Group Ltd
126. Phoenix Hospital Group
127. Practice Plus Group
128. Primary Eyecare Services Limited
129. Queenscourt Hospice
130. Ramsay Health Care UK
131. Richard House Children’s Hospice
132. Royal College of Anaesthetists
133. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
134. Royal College of General Practitioners
135. Royal College of Nursing
136. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
137. Royal College of Ophthalmologists
138. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
139. Royal College of Physicians
140. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
141. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
142. Royal College of Podiatry
143. Royal College of Psychiatrists
144. Royal College of Radiologists
145. Royal College of Surgeons of England
146. Royal Pharmaceutical Society
147. Royal Trinity Hospice
148. Salford Primary Care Together
149. Shoen Clinic
150. Sirona care and health
151. Sodexo Health and Care
152. Southampton Medical School
153. Spectrum Community Health CiC
154. Spencer Private Hospitals Limited
155. Spencer Street Surgery
156. Spire Healthcare Limited
157. Springfield Medical Centre
158. Springhill Hospice
159. St Clare Hospice
160. St John and St Elizabeth Hospital
161. St Josephs Hospital
162. St Oswald’s Hospice
163. St Thomas Medical Group
164. Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA)
165. Stonehill Medical Centre
166. Sulis Hospital Bath
167. Survivors In Transition
168. SurvivorsUK
169. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
170. The British Association of Urological Surgeons
171. The Faculty of Public Health
172. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
173. The Limes Medical Centre
174. The Local Primary Care Federation
175. The London Clinic
176. The New Foscote Hospital
177. The Private Clinic
178. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
179. The Royal College of Pathologists
180. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
181. The Society of Radiographers
182. The Springs Medical Practice
183. The Survivors Trust
184. The University of Manchester (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health)
185. The University of Sheffield (Faculty of Health)
186. Totally Group PLC
187. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Community Interest Company
188. Transform Healthcare
189. UK Council for Educators of Medical Professionalism
190. UNISON Health Group
191. University of Glasgow
192. University of Suffolk Dental CIC
193. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd
194. Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
195. Viaduct Care CIC
196. Vida Sheffield
197. Vita Health Group
198. Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
199. We Are Survivors
200. We Stand
201. Welbeck Health Partners and Welbeck Group
202. West Kent Primary Care
203. Wiltshire Health and Care
204. Wolstanton Medical Centre
205. Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery
206. Your Medical Services