Draft report to the college on discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment

This draft report reflects the findings and feedback from five major pieces of work commissioned by the EAG in 2015, all of which are published on the College website and include quantitative, qualitative and organisational research. The research found that: 49% of Fellows, trainees and international medical graduates report being subjected to discrimination, bullying or sexual harassment 54% of trainees and 45% of Fellows less than 10 years post-fellowship report being subjected to bullying 71% of hospitals reported discrimination, bullying or sexual harassment in their hospital in the last five years, with bullying the most frequently reported issue 39% of Fellows, trainees and international medical graduates report bullying, 18% report discrimination, 19% report workplace harassment and 7% sexual harassment the problems exist across all surgical specialties senior surgeons and surgical consultants are reported as the primary source of these problem

Hospital mortality under surgical care

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