NHS bosses have been accused of “woke pandering” after they brought out a banner featuring flags for 21 genders and sexualities. The Mail has the story.
Different terms for those who consider themselves not belonging to any sex, or are a combination of both, are included on the banner at Royal Stoke Hospital.
The familiar Gay Pride flag, which features a rainbow, appears on the banner alongside a selection of lesser-known identities – such as Polysexual, Demiromantic and Genderqueer. The collection of flags is titled ‘Everyone is welcome here’.
Patients at the hospital in Stoke-on-Trent have expressed outrage at the banner, with one telling the Sun: “People are waiting months and even years for treatment but the NHS is more interested in woke pandering than taking care of patients it seems.”
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust – considered one of the country’s worst performing – said the flag enables patients to “be themselves”.
The trust added that the banner shows support for LGBTQ+ communities ahead of Pride month in June.
The new banner comes after NHS England, which is led by chief Amanda Pritchard, was criticised last year for including 18 gender options on a patient form.
In November last year, NHS doctors hit out at a new “nonsensical” form they were being asked to fill out which involved ticking whether patients have a penis or vagina.
The form included questions about sexual orientation, gender, sex assigned at birth, preferred pronouns, if they have transitioned and if so to what extent and whether they have any plans to change gender in the future.
Medics were asked to fill in what “organs the patient currently has”, “organs present at birth”, “organs surgically enhanced or constructed” and “organs hormonally enhanced”, according to the Telegraph.
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