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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

NHS trusts record more than 35,000 cases of rape and sexual misbehaviour in five years

NHS trusts have recorded more than 35,000 cases of rape and other incidents of sexual misbehaviour in the past five years, an investigation has found, as senior doctors called for “real cultural change” in the health service.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Guardian found that a total of 35,520 sexual safety incidents were reported on NHS premises between 2017 and 2022.

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