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1601863

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date	07/03/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard, published on 22 February, what plans his Department has to tackle the (a) increase in reports of bullying, abuse and harassment by patients, their families and the public and (b) gap in the experience of these behaviours by ethnic minority and white staff.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	160450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>Everyone working in the National Health Service has the fundamental right to be safe at work. NHS England has developed a Violence Reduction Programme which aims to support our people, in all care settings, prevent and reduce violence and aggression from patients, their families and the public. It has introduced standards which help organisations to assess their arrangements for managing the risk of violence towards staff. These have been developed in partnership with the trade’s unions.</p><p>NHS England is developing an NHS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workforce plan which will include specific actions and expectations to embed inclusive and fair recruitment and promotion practices in organisations, to address under representation and talent management across all protected characteristics. Additionally, NHS trusts have workforce and organisational improvement plans in place to reduce bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination against staff.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/03/2023 17:38:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1277086

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS staff have experienced bullying and harassment in the workplace in each year from 2010 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	138415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the percentage of National Health Service provider trust staff, who responded to the NHS Staff Survey, who reported experiencing at least one incident of harassment, bullying or abuse in the previous 12 months. Prior to 2015 the format of questions posed in the survey changed and as such a longer timeseries is not possible.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>% of NHS staff who have experienced at least one incident of harassment, bullying or abuse at work from patients / service users, their relatives or other members of the public in the last 12 months</td><td>% of NHS staff who have experienced at least one incident of harassment, bullying or abuse at work from managers in the last 12 months</td><td>% of NHS staff who have experienced at least one incident of harassment, bullying or abuse at work from other colleagues in the last 12 months</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>28.8</td><td>13.5</td><td>18.1</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>28.1</td><td>12.9</td><td>17.8</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>28.3</td><td>12.8</td><td>18.0</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>28.5</td><td>13.2</td><td>19.1</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>28.5</td><td>12.3</td><td>19.0</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Source: Weighted NHS Staff Survey Results for NHS trusts in England- February 2020 NHS England</p><p>The annual NHS Staff survey asks NHS staff in England about their experiences of working for their respective NHS organisations. For the 2019 survey, over 1.1 million NHS employees in England were invited to participate in the survey between September and December 2019 and there was a 48% response rate.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/01/2021 13:07:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 75732 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1000301

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle allegations of bullying and harassment of staff in the NHS and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	187299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting National Health Service organisations in their responsibility for tackling allegations of bullying and harassment of staff in the NHS, having committed to this in its manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>The national Social Partnership Forum (SPF) chaired by Departmental ministers, has been leading a ‘Collective Call to Action’ campaign aimed at achieving leadership and cultural change to tackle bullying; supporting staff to respectfully challenge problem behaviours; and encouraging organisations to publish their plans and progress so staff, patients and the public can hold them to account.</p><p> </p><p>This will build on the wide range of advice, guidance and good practice available to employers which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/11/2018 17:17:59 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

931472

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking in response to allegations of bullying and harassment in NHS institutions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	157858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>Bullying and harassment of staff is unacceptable, that is why the Government, as highlighted in its manifesto, is taking concerted action, to support trusts who are responsible for dealing with allegations of bullying.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors consider a range of evidence, including speaking to staff and National Health Service staff survey results, to gain a broader picture of the leadership and culture within NHS organisations. They also ask whether organisations have signed up, and what plans they have in place, to implement the national ‘call to action’ to tackle bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC renewed their guidance to providers for the Fit and Proper Person’s Requirement (FPPR) earlier this year, including explicit inclusion of bullying and harassment as an example of serious mismanagement and serious misconduct. Following the Kirkup Review, published in February 2018, the Government has launched the Kark Review to further assess the effectiveness of FPPR in ensuring the conduct of senior leaders within health and social care meets required standards.</p><p> </p><p>The use of body cameras to help protect paramedics from abuse will be trialled in two ambulance services before being rolled out across all ambulance services in England.</p><p> </p><p>The National Guardian’s Office, established in 2016 to support speaking up, also makes recommendations to tackle bullying and harassment cultures as part of its case review programme.</p><p> </p><p>Other actions to tackle bullying include a recent seminar to identify good practice in line manager training, others seminars will raise awareness of the impact of bullying on patient experience and identify good practice to tackle the bullying of doctors, nurses and other clinical staff.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts already have access to a wide range of advice, guidance and good practice to help them tackle bullying in their organisations, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2018 16:15:03 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds