Amid concerns that women’s rights are being sidelined, the UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay “is to issue a proposal to ban trans patients from female hospital wards in the UK, as well as reinstating ‘sex specific’ language in National Health Service materials.”
According to the Daily Mail, this is being done “to push back against ‘wokery’ in the health service” and to safeguard women’s rights.
“The proposal would see only people of the same biological sex sharing wards, with care coming from doctors and nurses of the same sex, when it comes to intimate health matters.
‘We need a common-sense approach to sex and equality issues in the NHS. That is why I am announcing proposals for clearer rights for patients,’ Barlcay stated, adding ‘It is vital that women’s voices are heard in the NHS and the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients are protected.”
He added ‘And I can confirm that sex-specific language has now been fully restored to online health advice pages about cervical and ovarian cancer and the menopause.'”