Our Commitment to Tackling Bullying

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) is committed to tackling bullying, undermining and harassment in surgery and creating a safer, more respectful workplace for all healthcare professionals. Building on our work to address these issues, we promote professional standards, provide free anti-bullying resources and work with other organisations to drive lasting cultural change.

After a 2014 RCSEd membership survey found that 60% of resident doctors in surgery had been bullied in the workplace, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was one of the first professional bodies to take active steps to improve the culture of surgery. Given the size and scale of the challenge, we remain committed to:

• Constantly working towards exploring ways to eliminate bullying and undermining, as well as to find better ways to support victims of assault and abuse in our profession.

• Providing free access to our anti-bullying toolkit and other supporting materials.

• Producing Professional Standards and guidance, and using our core educational, assessment and audit activities to improve workplace behaviour and culture.

• Using our influence to promote systemic change, working in partnership with other organisations who are similarly committed to implementing long term change.

RCSEd's Code of Conduct affirms the professional behaviours we expect from all of our Fellows, Members and Affiliates. We are signatories to NHS England's sexual safety in healthcare organisational charter that commits RCSEd to a zero-tolerance approach to any unwanted, inappropriate, and/or harmful sexual behaviours in our workforce.

Bullying Harms Your Profession And Your Patients. #Let’sRemoveIt

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