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NHS Lanarkshire new policy on Transgender Employees ignores female staff's rights

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334bu · 10/08/2020 22:25

t.co/mQxXUG41xZ?amp=1
The above link should download a copy of the Lanarkshire policy on treatment of Transgender staff. No consideration of the needs of female staff or patients is mentioned. Totally ignores single sex exemptions.

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Cailleach1 · 11/08/2020 10:31

Oh my. I have just read on. Can NHS really say 'it's a girl/boy' anymore after this document.

Cailleach1 · 11/08/2020 10:29

They state it on page 7, paragraph 4.1.

Cailleach1 · 11/08/2020 10:28

Interesting. Lanarkshire NHS document says they assign a sex at birth. I imagine if you can say 'No, you're wrong. It is a boy and not a girl' and get a birth certificate in the chosen sex. If it is not real biological sex any more.

Bella2020 · 11/08/2020 10:02

I wonder what stance NHS Lanarkshire (I live in Lanarkshire) would take on female patients having objections to be being treated or cared for by trans staff in certain situations.

PumbaasCucumbas · 11/08/2020 06:51

All the midwife genital sorting hat nonsense at the beginning... this is the nhs for goodness sake.

BetsyM00 · 11/08/2020 02:02

You'll not be surprised that significant input was received from Stonewall Scotland.
See section 7.5 of the Equality & Diversity Annual Report of NHS Forth Valley, who first developed the guidance.

It's equally not-surprising that Stonewall then declared it to be an example of best practice.
www.pressreader.com/uk/stirling-observer/20180207/281638190656360

Cabinfever10 · 10/08/2020 23:39

I wonder how much help they had from Stonewall to write that 🤔

Pacif1cDogwood · 10/08/2020 23:37

I go on holiday and look what happens! HmmGrin

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334bu · 10/08/2020 23:29

July 2020

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Pacif1cDogwood · 10/08/2020 23:24

What consultation was there prior to this publication?

It's the first I hear about it - is it new?
Hmm

SerenityNowwwww · 10/08/2020 23:21

Against the law surely?

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334bu · 10/08/2020 22:57

pbs.twimg.com/media/EfEWKjeWkAASjQ9?format=jpg&name=900x900

The above is a link to a screenshot of a part of page 11. This was copied from the twitter account of @SVPhillimore

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334bu · 10/08/2020 22:43

Apologies for unclear link but my copied NHS link didn't work. Document is about 28 pages long so screenshots not possible.

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rogdmum · 10/08/2020 22:32

It’s a legit link from the NHS Lanarkshire website.

PearPickingPorky · 10/08/2020 22:27

Can you post a screenshot? I'm not clicking on links when I can't see where they're coming from or what might download.