one NHS Trust provides training on sexual harassment: Study

O nl y one N HS Trus t of fe rs training to its staff focused on how to intervene when they witness sexual harassment at work, a new study published on May 5 revealed

The research was based on responses from 199 NHS Trusts received by Dr Sarah Steele of the University of Cambridge and Jesus College, Cambridge, and Dr Ava Robertson, to their Freedom of Information request It was published in the JRSM Open 35 Trusts offer their staff Active Bystander Training (ABT) but only one of these has a specific module on sexual harassment, according to the study For staff the module is optional and outsourced to a private provider, but no staff have yet completed the module

As per the research, of the 163 Trusts without any ABT programmes, only 23 (13 per cent) have plans to implement it