TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Joint British Societies' position statement on bullying, harassment and discrimination in cardiology
JO  - Heart
A1  - Camm, Christian Fielder
A1  - Joshi, Abhishek
A1  - Eftekhari, Helen
A1  - O'Flynn, Rachael
A1  - Dobson, Rebecca
A1  - Curzen, Nick
A1  - Lloyd, Guy
A1  - Greenwood, John Pierre
A1  - Allen, Christopher
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Inappropriate behaviour is an umbrella term including discrimination, harassment and bullying. This includes both actions and language and can affect any member of the cardiovascular workforce/team. Evidence has suggested that such behaviour is regularly experienced within UK cardiology departments, where inappropriate behaviour may represent longstanding cultural and practice issues within the unit. Inappropriate behaviour has negative effects on the workforce community as a whole, including impacts on recruitment and retention of staff and patient care. While only some members of the cardiology team may be directly impacted by inappropriate behaviour in individual departments, a wider group are significantly impacted as bystanders. As such, improving the culture and professional behaviours within UK cardiology departments is of paramount importance. As a negative workplace culture is felt to be a major driver of inappropriate behaviour, all members of the cardiovascular team have a role to play in ensuring a positive workplace culture is developed. Episodes of inappropriate behaviour should be challenged by cardiovascular team members. Informal feedback may be appropriate where 'one-off' episodes of inappropriate behaviour occur, but serious events or repeated behaviour should be escalated following formal human resources protocols.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-6037
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2023-322445
ID  - ref1
ER  -