Overlooking sexual harassment against health staff ‘risks patient safety’

Delegates at the union’s annual representative meeting in Liverpool voted for the BMA to lobby for a national anonymous reporting system for victims of sexual harassment (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Wire)

Healthcare staff who “turn a blind eye” to colleagues being sexually harassed at work face putting patient safety at risk, doctors have warned.

Medics claim that overlooking these incidents allows other toxic behaviours “to perpetuate”.