The Doctors’ Bible has been updated to address bullying and sexual harassment on wards after a series of scandals.
The General Medical Council (GMC) guidelines have changed for the first time in nearly a decade, and now the NHS is seeking to improve staff retention.
The new framework will focus on workplace behaviors such as “hard behavior that may be perceived as harassment, discrimination or bullying.”
A series of high-profile sex scandals follow in the workplace.
Last week, an employment court heard that an NHS counselor at a London hospital ordered an intern to undress in a hotel room as punishment for asking the wrong question.
In another case, a doctor nicknamed “Reptile” by colleagues at the Staffordshire hospital was fired after he felt the breasts, thighs and buttocks of medical women working for him.
Meanwhile in the capital, a married orthopedic doctor was suspended in 2020 for inappropriately touching two schoolgirls, saying “the only way to silence a woman is to kiss her”.
According to the data, about one in ten healthcare jobs is currently vacant.
The General Medical Council, which manages medical registries in the UK, is updating its guidelines to put more emphasis on workplace bullying and harassment. (Image: Doctors from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth)
Charlie Massey, CEO of GMC, which keeps a record of UK-based doctors, told The Times: “Medicine is a team sport.
“It’s important that we all act and act professionally within teams, support each other, and let everyone get the best.”
He told the newspaper that “they try to create cultures, behaviors, values that make these things less likely to happen, or that people feel empowered to express their opinions when they happen.”
GMC is a government agency in the UK responsible for keeping the record of doctors and allowing them to practice their profession.
The guide was last updated in 2013 and includes tips on how to be a good doctor, including ensuring the highest level of patient care and taking prompt action when a patient’s safety is found to be at risk.
It stems from concerns that many doctors continued to help during the pandemic, but may now be gone as the worst pressure from Covid has passed.
Surveys show that many doctors experience burnout and feel unappreciated at work.
The loss of more doctors will make it even harder for the NHS to clear the already record-breaking 6.1 million waiting list.
But there are fears that this could double by 2025 as more patients emerge who lose their basic care.
Source: Daily Mail
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