NHS chief calls out ‘unacceptable’ abuse faced by doctors and nurses

The chief executive of NHS England Amanda Pritchard has called out the “unacceptable” abuse that doctors and nurses face at work and said the NHS must not be exempt from its own #MeToo movement.

Writing in the Independent, Ms Pritchard said the NHS needs to “stamp out” this behaviour across all parts of the NHS. “Such levels of abuse are difficult to comprehend when NHS staff come to work every day primarily to care for others. No one should experience sexism, sexual abuse, or assault in the NHS.”

Ms Pritchard said there are more than 300 domestic abuse and sexual violence leads in place across the NHS as part of the charter.

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