Nearly one in three female NHS surgeons have been sexually assaulted, survey suggests

The study was compiled by the University of Exeter from 1,436 responses to an anonymous online survey of surgeons. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

Almost one in three female surgeons working in the NHS have been sexually assaulted in the past five years, according to a survey described as a “#MeToo movement for surgery”.

Surgeons who took part in the study, published in the British Journal of Surgery and shared with the BBC and the Times, reported 11 instances of rape.