NHS: Sexual Offences
(asked on 28th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of sexual misconduct claims in the NHS since 2010-11; what the cost was of settling those claims; and if he will make a statement.
National Health Service trusts are responsible for dealing with cases of sexual misconduct working with their staff, their security teams, their accredited security management advisors, the police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure appropriate action is taken to prevent such misconduct in the first place and robust sanctions are taken against perpetrators.
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The following data was obtained from NHS Resolution.
The following table sets out the number of sexual misconduct/harassment/abuse claims received by NHS Resolution from 2010/11 to 2017/18, the latest available information.
Year | Number of claims (patients) | Number of claims (public) | Number of claims (staff) | Grand Total |
2010/11 | 49 | 0 | - | 50 |
2011/12 | 16 | - | - | 23 |
2012/13 | 28 | - | - | 32 |
2013/14 | 23 | 5 | - | 29 |
2014/15 | 30 | 6 | - | 37 |
2015/16 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 49 |
2016/17 | 49 | 10 | - | 62 |
2017/18 | 33 | - | - | 41 |
Grand total | 263 | 38 | 22 | 323 |
Note:
The data excludes where numbers are less than five to mitigate the risk of individuals involved in incidents being identified.