Bone surgeons the most sexist in the NHS, new poll suggests

Bone surgeons the most sexist in the NHS, new poll suggests Bone surgeons are the most sexist in the NHS, according to a confidential poll which suggests discrimination against female staff is rife.

Results of an online survey found more than half of female surgeons in the UK have experienced or witnessed workplace abuse, with those working in orthopaedics most likely to have suffered.

The specialism, concerned with treating conditions of the musculoskeletal system, has long had a reputation within medicine as physically demanding due to the nature of the operations involved. The Daily Telegraph 

See also:

• A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working group (open access) BMJ Open
• Female surgeons frustrated by male-dominated field – study The Guardian