Tackling bullying and harassment in the NHS
Catch up on our EQW2025 webinar and access actionable insights on addressing bullying, harassment and discrimination in the NHS.
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The latest NHS Staff Survey findings show that 25 per cent of NHS staff have experienced bullying, harassment or abuse in the last 12 months from patients. 9 per cent have experienced this behaviour from managers and 18 per cent from colleagues. This increases for staff with protected characteristics, with over 20 per cent of BAME staff; and 25 per cent of transgender staff reporting harassment, bullying or abuse from other colleagues. This is estimated to cost NHS England over £2 billion per annum.
Our webinar took place during Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week and shared actionable insights on how to tackle bullying and harassment within the NHS.
We heard expert insights from Dr Doyin Atewologun, an award winning psychologist, innovator and inclusion expert. In addition, a well-performing NHS organisation, University Hospitals Dorset shared how to make measurable, practical organisational change that sticks.
Why watch this webinar?
- Hear insights on the complex nature of bullying and understand bullying dynamics from all angles - top-down, bottom-up and peer-to-peer.
- Discover practical, evidence-based actions that you can use to disrupt bullying cultures in a sustained way.
- Learn directly from University Hospitals Dorset, who have led the way and made improvements in their staff survey results around bullying and harassment.
- Gain insight and good practice that supports the implementation of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan and the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) improvement plan.
- Boost your knowledge and confidence to drive positive change in your organisation.
This webinar supports line managers, EDI and HR professionals and staff network chairs to better manage incidents of bullying and harassment within the NHS. You can catch up on the webinar below and download the slides.
