“The trust had no sexual assault policy, and nobody answered the Speak Up phone line”

“In October 2019 I had just started a job as a junior surgeon at a London hospital. About two weeks in, I was observing an operation being undertaken by a male registrar when the supervising consultant, who I had met before in handover meetings, came into the operating theatre to check whether he needed to supervise anything. While he was doing that, he stood behind me and started massaging my back.“I immediately froze, and then I moved away, pretending to get a better look at what my colleague was doing. The consultant left, but later, at the end of the operating list, he came back to see if we needed anything. I was writing up the operation notes when he said goodbye, and then he kissed the top of my head and quickly walked away.“I was so confused. It was just so strange because there was nothing that I had…
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