Time to take action: confronting systemic gender discrimination in surgery

If surgery is truly merit-based, why does new UK data reveal persistent systemic gender bias?

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Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Published
2025-08-31
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https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2025.112
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Diversity and Career in Medicine
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Time to take action: confronting systemic gender discrimination in surgery

Ellen McMahon, Robert J Waters, Alice Moore, K Gohil
Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Diversity and Career in Medicine
article

Time to take action: confronting systemic gender discrimination in surgery

Ellen McMahon, Robert J Waters, Alice Moore, K Gohil
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Abstract

If surgery is truly merit-based, why does new UK data reveal persistent systemic gender bias?

Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandVol. 107(6)
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 71%
Diversity and Career in Medicine
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