Those who work, train and learn within the healthcare system have the right to be safe and feel supported at work.

Organisations across the healthcare system need to work together and individually to tackle unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour in the workplace.

We all have a responsibility to ourselves and our colleagues and must act if we witness these behaviours.

As signatories to this charter, we commit to a zero-tolerance approach to any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours towards our workforce. We commit to the following principles and actions to achieve this:

1. We will actively work to eradicate sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace.
2. We will promote a culture that fosters openness and transparency, and does not tolerate unwanted, harmful and/or inappropriate sexual behaviours.
3. We will take an intersectional approach to the sexual safety of our workforce, recognising certain groups will experience sexual harassment and abuse at a disproportionate rate.
4. We will provide appropriate support for those in our workforce who experience unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours.
5. We will clearly communicate standards of behaviour. This includes expected action for those who witness inappropriate, unwanted and/or harmful sexual behaviour.
6. We will ensure appropriate, specific, and clear policies are in place. They will include appropriate and timely action against alleged perpetrators.
7. We will ensure  appropriate, specific, and clear training is in place.
8. We will ensure appropriate reporting mechanisms are in place for those experiencing these behaviours.
9. We will take all reports seriously and appropriate and timely action will be taken in all cases.
10. We will capture and share data on prevalence and staff experience transparently.

These commitments will apply to everyone in our organisation equally.

Where any of the above is not currently in place, we commit to work towards ensuring it is in place by July 2024.

To sign up to the charter and for more information on the national domestic abuse and sexual violence work programme, please email england.domesticabusesexualviolence@nhs.net

Further information about the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme please see the FutureNHS collaboration platform: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme – FutureNHS Collaboration Platform

Organisations that have signed the charter

1. 18 Week Support
2. Absolute Care Homes (Central) Limited
3. Active Care Group
4. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
5. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
6. Alliance Medical
7. Allied Health Professionals Suffolk, Community Interest Company
8. Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
9. Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
10. Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
11. Association of Anaesthetists
12. Association of Breast Surgery
13. Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
14. Aurora Medcare
15. Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
16. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
17. Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
18. Barts Health NHS Trust
19. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
20. Benenden Hospital
21. Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
22. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
23. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
24. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Trust
25. Black Country Health Care Foundation Trust
26. Black Country Integrated Care Board
27. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
28. Bolton NHS foundation Trust
29. Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
30. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
31. Bridgewater Community Healthcare
32. BrisDoc Healthcare Services Ltd
33. Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
34. British and Irish Orthoptic Society
35. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
36. British Dietetic Association
37. British Medical Association
38. British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
39. British Orthopaedic Association
40. British Society of Gastroenterology 
41. Bromley Healthcare CIC
42. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
43. Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board
44. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
45. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
46. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
47. Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
48. Care and Custody Police Services
49. Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
50. Central Medical Services Ltd
51. Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust
52. CHEC
53. Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
54. Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
55. Circle Health Group
56. City Health Care Partnership
57. Cleveland Clinic London
58. College of Operating Department Practitioners
59. College of Paramedics
60. Community Hosting and Support
61. Connect Health
62. Cornwall Foundation Trust
63. Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust
64. County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
65. Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
66. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
67. Croydon Health Services
68. Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
69. Cygnet Health Care
70. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
71. Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
72. Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
73. Devon Partnership NHS Trust
74. DHU Healthcare
75. Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
76. Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
77. Dorset Healthcare University NHS Trust
78. Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust
79. East Cheshire NHS Trust
80. East Kent Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
81. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
82. East London NHS Foundation Trust
83. East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
84. East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
85. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
86. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
87. Elysium Healthcare
88. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Foundation Trust
89. Essex Partnership University Hospital NHS Trust
90. Everyturn Mental Health
91. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine – Member of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
92. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
93. First Community Health and Care
94. Frimley Heath NHS Foundation Trust
95. Frimley Integrated Care Board
96. Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust
97. Genesis Care
98. George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
99. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
100. Gloucestershire Hospitals
101. Gloucestershire Managed Services
102. Great Ormond Street Hospital
103. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
104. Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
105. GTD Healthcare
106. Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust
107. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
108. Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
109. HCA Healthcare
110. Health Services Safety Investigations Body
111. Health Transportation Group UK Limited
112. Healthcare Management Trust
113. HealthShare Group
114. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
115. Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
116. Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust
117. HomeLink Healthcare
118. Homerton Healthcare
119. Horder Healthcare
120. Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
121. Hull University Teaching Hospitals
122. Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
123. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
124. Independent Health Group
125. Independent Healthcare Providers Network
126. InHealth Group
127. Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
128. Isle of White NHS Trust
129. James Paget University Hospital
130. Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
131. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
132. Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
133. King Edward VII’s Hospital
134. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
135. Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
136. Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
137. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
138. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
139. Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
140. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
141. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
142. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
143. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
144. Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
145. Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
146. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
147. Liverpool University Hospitals
148. Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
149. Livewell Southwest
150. LivingCare Group
151. Locala Health and Wellbeing
152. London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
153. London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
154. Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
155. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
156. Mayford House Surgery
157. Medneo Diagnostics UK Limited
158. Medway Community Healthcare
159. Medway NHS Foundation Trust
160. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
161. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
162. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
163. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
164. Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
165. Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
166. Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
167. Navigo Health and Social Care CiC
168. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
169. NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
170. NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
171. NHS Cheshire and Mersyside
172. NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
173. NHS Dorset
174. NHS Employers
175. NHS England
176. NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
177. NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
178. NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
179. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
180. NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
181. NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
182. NHS North East London Integrated Care Board
183. NHS North West London Integrated Care Board
184. NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
185. NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
186. NHS South East London Integrated Care Board
187. NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
188. NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
189. Nimbuscare
190. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
191. Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
192. Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
193. North Bristol NHS Trust
194. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
195. North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
196. North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
197. North East London NHS Foundation Trust
198. North London Mental Health Partnership
199. North Middlesex University Trust
200. North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
201. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
202. North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
203. North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
204. Northampton General Hospital
205. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
206. Northenden Group Practice
207. Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
208. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
209. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
210. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
211. Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC
212. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
213. Nuffield Health
214. One Medical group
215. Operose Health
216. OSD Healthcare
217. Oxford Health Foundation Trust
218. Oxford University Hospitals
219. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
220. Parkview Medical Centre
221. Pathfinder Group
222. Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
223. Pheonix Hospital Group
224. PHL Group Ltd
225. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
226. Practice Plus Group
227. Primary Eyecare Services Limited
228. Queen Elizabeth Hospital
229. Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
230. Ramsay Health Care UK
231. Richard House Children’s Hospice
232. Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
233. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
234. Royal College of Anaesthetists
235. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
236. Royal College of General Practitioners
237. Royal College of Nursing
238. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
239. Royal College of Ophthalmologists
240. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
241. Royal College of Physicians
242. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
243. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
244. Royal College of Podiatry
245. Royal College of Psychiatrists
246. Royal College of Radiologists
247. Royal College of Surgeons of England
248. Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
249. Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
250. Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
251. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
252. Royal Papworth Hospital
253. Royal Pharmaceutical Society 
254. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
255. Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
256. Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
257. Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
258. Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
259. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
260. Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
261. Shoen Clinic
262. Shropshire Community Health Trust
263. Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
264. Sodexo Health and Care
265. Solent NHS Trust
266. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
267. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
268. South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust
269. South Tees Hospitals NHs Foundation Trust
270. South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
271. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
272. South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
273. South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
274. South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust
275. South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
276. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
277. Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
278. Spencer Private Hospitals Limited
279. Spire Healthcare Limited
280. Springhill Hospice
281. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
282. St Oswald’s Hospice
283. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
284. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
285. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
286. Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust
287. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
288. Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board
289. Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
290. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
291. Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
292. Tees Esk and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
293. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
294. The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
295. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
296. The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
297. The Faculty of Public Health
298. The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
299. The London Clinic
300. The New Foscote Hospital
301. The Princess Alexandra NHS Trust 
302. The Private Clinic
303. The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
304. The Rotherham Foundation NHS Trust
305. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
306. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
307. The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
308. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
309. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
310. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
311. The Society of Radiographers
312. The Springs Medical Practice
313. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
314. The University of Manchester (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health)
315. The University of Sheffield (Faculty of Health)
316. The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
317. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
318. Totally Group PLC
319. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Community Interest Company
320. Transform Healthcare
321. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
322. University College Hospitals London
323. University Hospital Dorset
324. University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust
325. University Hospital Southampton
326. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
327. University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust
328. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
329. University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
330. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
331. University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
332. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
333. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions Ltd
334. Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
335. Vita Health Group
336. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
337. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
338. Welbeck Health Partners and Welbeck Group
339. West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
340. West London NHS Trust
341. West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
342. Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
343. Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
344. Wolstanton Medical Centre
345. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
346. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
347. Wye Valley NHS Trust
348. York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
349. Yorkshire Ambulance Service