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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

What should your NHS Medical Record hold about you? Sex or gender Identity?

55 replies

Barracker · 10/11/2018 12:38

Twitter Poll

There are very specific rules within the NHS relating to what sex/gender data should be held on our medical records and how it should be used.

(And those rules are not being followed)

But if you're on twitter you might be interesting to see how this poll is working out.
I'm really interested in any responses from anyone working in the NHS who ever handles medical records. Do they know whether they are handling sex or gender data?

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heresyandwitchcraft · 10/11/2018 21:07

(which I obviously disagree with - they should record the medically relevant fact SEX, which cannot be changed - and then have an optional extra for gender id if needed to help guide patient interaction)

PenguinSaidEverything · 10/11/2018 21:07

Sex for medical records but the option to record your preferred name and title (which may not match your sex) seems the most sensible way.

heresyandwitchcraft · 10/11/2018 21:05

Just from what I've read, I think the NHS records gender ID now but writes it under "sex."

nocoolnamesleft · 10/11/2018 17:50

Renal function values depend upon sex
Definitions of renal failure depend upon sex
Normal blood pressure ranges depend upon sex
Cardiovascular risk assessments depend upon sex
Screening programmes depend upon sex
Manner in which a heart attack presents depend upon sex
Response to some drugs depends upon sex

Do I really need to go on?

Yambabe · 10/11/2018 12:43

It's good to see so many trans people commenting that birth sex matters on there. Also the poll results are interesting!

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