Women’s rights campaigners and health experts today welcomed Steve Barclay’s commitment to fight wokery and restore “common sense” in the NHS by blocking gender neutral language and men on female wards. The Mail has the story.
The Health Secretary detailed the move in a speech at the Tory Party conference as he slammed the “unacceptable” use of gender-neutral language on advice pages for female-only conditions like cervical cancer.
Sex-specific language has now been “fully restored” on offending health sections as a result of his intervention, he announced.
Mr. Barclay also boasted that he had stopped the NHS from “ordering staff to declare pronouns to each new patient”.
As part of his speech in Manchester, Mr. Barclay revealed he was “going further” as he unveiled proposals to ban trans women — biological men who identify as being the opposite gender — using female-only hospital wards.
He argued it was “vital women’s voices are heard” and the “privacy, dignity and safety of all patients are protected”.
Trans-inclusive terms like ‘chestfeeding’ and ‘birthing person’ have crept into usage within hospitals and medical settings over the past few years despite backlash from campaigners and health experts.
“We know what a woman is, and I know the vast majority of NHS staff and patients do too,” Mr Barclay said.
“That is why I ordered a reversal of unacceptable changes to the NHS website that erased women for conditions such as cervical cancer, and stopped the NHS from ordering staff to declare pronouns to each new patient.”
Outside the conference hall, Mr. Barclay added: “We need a commonsense approach to sex and equality issues in the NHS – that is why today I am announcing proposals for clearer rights for patients.
“And I can today confirm that sex-specific language has now been fully restored to online health advice pages about cervical and ovarian cancer and the menopause.
“It is vital women’s voices are heard in the NHS and the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients are protected.”
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