Ambulance worker felt 'ashamed' after sexual assault by patient
Persistent under-reporting of sexual misconduct means the scale of the issue is likely to be larger than the data suggests, a women's charity has warned.
"When you're in a pub and you're surrounded by an awful lot of people that are intoxicated, and someone makes a remark like that, you feel extremely vulnerable." Sara said this rise was probably a result of greater confidence to report abuse, and praised the support she received from WAST.She said she felt too "ashamed" to tell colleagues about her experience, fearing she would be told she was "overreacting".
"There's a perception that it would impact on their job, that people would perceive them differently," she said.Sir Chris Bryant, the Rhondda MP, says it is "depressing" that staff continue to face sexual abuse He called it depressing that staff continued to face abuse almost five years on, arguing that the law on its own was not enough to protect workers."If we're losing people because they think, 'I'm sorry I can't put up with this work anymore', then that's going to make it doubly difficult."Jason Killens, chief executive of WAST, said the increase in incidents reflected greater confidence among its staff to report abuse.
He said he was sad to hear of Sara's experience, adding: "I'm sure there's always more that can be done, and that's why we want to hear from our people about what they feel would be appropriate to support them.
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