Before we start a warning, today's episode includes details of sexual harassment and assault.

It takes Hollywood to make an idea global. So back in 2017, when a slew of allegations about Harvey

Weinstein emerged, it quickly snowballed. All over the world, women began to share their experiences,

finally saying the things that had, until then, been left unsaid.

Whole industries and offices had to re-examine the way they worked, as more and more women came

forward saying, me too. He pointed out that he had the power to end her career, and she should do

whatever he wanted her to. But one work place, when the movement never really took off,

was in the NHS. But that could be about to change. He came into her clinic at the end of the day,

grabbed her hand and placed it on himself and asked her to go home with him because his family

were away. You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times.

I'm Manvina Rana, today, a me too moment for medicine.

I think a lot of soul searching has been sparked by me too, but there are things about surgery

as a profession and probably medicine in general that perhaps make it harder for people to speak out

and share their stories. That's the Times Health Editor, Cat Lay, who's been speaking to people

in the medical profession, who've experienced sexual harassment and assault, but many of whom

are still struggling to speak out for a number of reasons. It's a very kind of rigid, hierarchical

structure. The nature of doctor's training means that they will move around between trusts

fairly frequently and perhaps find it harder to make the informal connections within a workplace

that can help deal with these things or even kind of grease the wheels of a complaints process

because you know how it all works.

It's a small community. I mean, there's a small number of surgeons in the NHS and if you have

gone through years of medical school, years of specialty training, you don't want to give it up

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