This document has been put together following a conference hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the National Freedom to Speak Up Guardian in September 2018. This conference brought together a range of medical and healthcare organisations with campaigns and initiatives aimed at addressing the unacceptably high levels of workplace bullying and harassment in the NHS.
This document has been put together following a conference hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the National Freedom to Speak Up Guardian in September 2018. This conference brought together a range of medical and healthcare organisations with campaigns and initiatives aimed at addressing the unacceptably high levels of workplace bullying and harassment in the NHS.
As a result, an informal anti-bullying alliance has been to formed to share ideas and enact interventions across the entirety of the NHS.
The anti-bullying alliance recognises that no one organisation has all the answers but that by working in partnership through and with health care staff across the UK, we can together help create the culture and leadership needed to eradicate bullying. This will not only help staff recruitment and retention and raise morale , but will also improve patient care.
The following document is intended to give an overview of some of the many initiatives being enacted across the healthcare professions to tackle undermining and bullying. All of the organisations included in this document are committed to promoting kindness and respect from how staff are recruited, ensuring they have the right values and then
throughout their careers by building kindness and respect into training and development.
By sharing information and providing links to a range of resources, this document also aims to further raise the profile of this issue, promote discussion and encourage more to organisations to commit themselves to joining this alliance.
