Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81648

NHS: Harassment

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Alex Brewer

Liberal DemocratNorth East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect NHS (a) staff and (b) volunteers from (i) verbal abuse, (ii) threats, (iii) unauthorised sharing of personal information and (iv) other forms of abuse; whether he

Answer

Karin Smyth
Everyone working or volunteering in the National Health Service has a fundamental right to be safe and work in an environment free from all forms of harassment, bullying and violence, including digital harassment.Individual employers are responsible for t...

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