Medical school students are trained to expect long night shifts, challenging surgeries and life and death decisions. What they are not told to prepare for is being sexually harassed and assaulted by fellow doctors and patients.
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A GP and her colleague have launched a new campaign against NHS workplace harassment.
Why am I not surprised by the launch of an online campaign by two female doctors hailed as healthcare’s own #MeToo moment. Under the banner ‘Surviving In Scrubs’, GP Dr Becky Cox and emergency medicine trainee Dr Chelcie Jewitt are encouraging other female healthcare staff to share their stories of harassment and abuse.
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The NHS is facing its own ‘Me Too’ movement after female doctors shared their experiences of sexism and sexual assault in hospitals as part of a new campaign called ‘Surviving in Scrubs’.
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[Surviving in Scrubs] want the General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates doctors, to explicitly condemn sexist behaviour, claiming that advice to simply “treat colleagues fairly and with respect” has not had the desired effect.
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Surviving in Scrubs is an issue for all healthcare workers, say the campaign’s founders, Becky Cox and Chelcie Jewitt, who are encouraging women to share stories of harassment and abuse to “push for change and to reach the people in power”.
