A doctors group has spoken out over how reports of sexual abuse were treated by District Health Boards
A doctors group has spoken out over how reports of sexual abuse were treated by District Health Boards
25 July 2019
Almost two-thousand hospital staff members say they were assaulted on the job last year.
Resident Doctors Association national secretary, Deborah Powell, says there were 18 cases of sexual assault reported by doctors last year... and that number would be much higher amongst nurses.
She says less than a quarter of resident doctors reported sexual abuse incidents they faced, and only a third of those felt the DHB handled it correctly.
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