Liability Risk and Insurance
NHS
NHS staff survey reveals growing discrimination/harassment
This year’s NHS Staff Survey has revealed that more than one in four (28.5 per cent) had experienced harassment, bullying
or abuse from patients, relatives or members of the public, almost one in seven (14.9 per cent) experienced physical violence,
and almost 40,000 of those who responded (7.2 per cent) said they faced discrimination from patients over the last year –
up from 5.8 per cent in 2015. Racism was the most common form of discrimination, but 2019 also saw the highest levels of reported
sexism and intolerance of religion and sexuality.