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Teresa Steele has got HCA Healthcare UK to guarantee single sex health care!!!

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fromorbit · 12/12/2023 20:37

Another HUGE win. Many will remember the shocking case at Princess Grace Hospital which cancelled a woman's life-saving operation' after she said she wanted single sex health care.

Teresa Steele has now managed to get them change their policy in all their facilities and to follow the Equality Act. She is going to go after all the other UK healthcare providers and NHS to do the same .

More details:

Private hospital group guarantees same sex care for patients
Pressure on NHS to follow suit after HCA promises patients will be looked after by staff members of same 'sex' rather than same 'gender'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/12/private-hospital-guarantees-same-sex-care-for-patients-nhs/

Ms Steele is now working with a newly founded group called Caring About Dignity to support women who “like me have been victimised for asking for same sex care”.
https://www.caringaboutdignity.org/

The original thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4658807-hospital-refuses-to-operate-on-sex-attack-victim-after-she-requests-all-female-care-because-she-fears-mixed-sex-facilities-are-unsafe-for-women

Once again another powerful institution has been humbled by a woman taking a stand for her rights.

Hospital refuses to operate on sex attack victim after she requests all-female care because she fears mixed sex facilities are unsafe for women | Mumsnet

"The patient ...was told by London's Princess Grace Hospital it had to 'protect staff from unacceptable distress'." I can't believe how awful this is...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4658807-hospital-refuses-to-operate-on-sex-attack-victim-after-she-requests-all-female-care-because-she-fears-mixed-sex-facilities-are-unsafe-for-women

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Igmum · 14/12/2023 13:10

Brilliant news well done Teresa!

JoyousAsOtters · 14/12/2023 10:46

I’m so heartened to read this, it was reading about Teresa Steele and her experience while in such a vulnerable position that made me see the dreadful consequences already happening because of misguided or even wilfully misleading EDI policy. Huge thanks Teresa.

ExpectantAsshole · 14/12/2023 08:04

Ovaries of Steele. Amazing and so courageous.

PriOn1 · 14/12/2023 05:23

GailBlancheViola · 12/12/2023 21:06

I do hope that individual was subsequently disciplined.

You'll hope in vain for that.

Fantastic result, well done to her but no way should it have ever come to this, it's fucking appalling that it ever happened and that this brave woman had to fight so hard for basic respect and dignity.

All those pushing this ideology should hang their heads in shame, they should be the ones losing their jobs.

I also doubt there will be any disciplinary action taken, but I suspect there may well be a flounce. Many men do not react well when they don’t get their own way because a woman objected.

unwashedanddazed · 13/12/2023 23:59

What an amazing woman she is. Fantastic result and must have taken enormous strength to achieve whilst going through and recovering from major surgery.

RethinkingLife · 13/12/2023 23:38

Seconding PPs in applauding TS's achievement while deploring that it was ever necessary.

I would also like institutions that oppose this to reflect upon why and begin to consider whether they might need some restorative education to remind themselves that women are autonomous human adults with sex-based rights and concerns of our own.

Sisterpita · 13/12/2023 19:56

Brilliant news

SidewaysOtter · 13/12/2023 10:35

Brilliant news, well done Theresa!

ApplePieand · 13/12/2023 10:22

Well done Theresa

ArthurbellaScott · 13/12/2023 09:48

Amazing. And I very much hope that Teresa's health has greatly improved - the last thing anyone needs when dealing with health issues is all of this shite on top of it.

Crankywiddershins · 13/12/2023 09:13

I don't know if you will see this, but just in case...
Thank you Teresa for fighting this, though I am sorry that you had to.You are an amazing and courageous woman and we are all in your debt. I hope you are recovering from your ordeal and have plenty of support.

GailBlancheViola · 13/12/2023 08:09

UtopiaPlanitia · 12/12/2023 23:53

I saw mention on Twitter that the hospital group’s policy now states that staff should knock and ask for permission before entering patients’s rooms.

I always thought the male trans-identified nurse who entered Teresa’s room without permission and stared at her was very creepy, intimidating and, frankly, boundary-crossing.

Thank you, Teresa, for taking pain and suffering and fighting to make from it something that protects other women 💐

Knock and wait until permission granted before entering a room with a patient in should have been standard, it's basic courtesy.

It was a deliberate show of power and control by the male trans identified nurse.

Yes, Teresa is an incredible woman to fight as she has to protect and preserve the safety, privacy and dignity of women whilst ill. It was completely unnecessary for her to have been treated this way she was merely asking for her privacy and dignity to be respected, that's not much to ask for is it? Make no mistake those pushing Gender Ideology do not want or believe that women should have privacy and dignity, women have to be available as tools of validation at all times and at all costs.

StarlightLime · 13/12/2023 00:29

mantyzer · 13/12/2023 00:25

A private hospital can guarantee this as they have spare beds and single rooms. The NHS can commit to single sex whenever possible, but can not guarantee it. There are not enough beds. So if you get taken in as an emergency and the only bed available is in a male bay, you will have to go there until a female bed becomes available.

That's completely different to the current situation.

mantyzer · 13/12/2023 00:25

A private hospital can guarantee this as they have spare beds and single rooms. The NHS can commit to single sex whenever possible, but can not guarantee it. There are not enough beds. So if you get taken in as an emergency and the only bed available is in a male bay, you will have to go there until a female bed becomes available.

Whatsnewpussyhat · 13/12/2023 00:19

Amazing news and an amazing women!

UtopiaPlanitia · 12/12/2023 23:53

I saw mention on Twitter that the hospital group’s policy now states that staff should knock and ask for permission before entering patients’s rooms.

I always thought the male trans-identified nurse who entered Teresa’s room without permission and stared at her was very creepy, intimidating and, frankly, boundary-crossing.

Thank you, Teresa, for taking pain and suffering and fighting to make from it something that protects other women 💐

Woman2023 · 12/12/2023 23:48

This is great news! Step by step women will regain their rights.

LarkLane · 12/12/2023 23:38

Amazing woman! Thank you so much if you are looking in.

Imnobody4 · 12/12/2023 22:38

This is brilliant. Huge respect for Teresa.

Circumferences · 12/12/2023 22:25

Wow I can see databases being frantically reprogrammed to record patient's and staff's "sex" rather than "whatever you identify as" already.
Amazing.

StarlightLime · 12/12/2023 22:13

ODFOx · 12/12/2023 21:55

This is displayed in the foyer of our local NHS hospital. Looks positive.

Ooh! It certainly does.

StarlightLime · 12/12/2023 22:12

RainWithSunnySpells · 12/12/2023 22:09

If Teresa Steele is reading this thread, I want to give my thanks. Thank you so, so much Teresa, you are a wonderful woman!

Now we need the NHS to do that same.

Second this.

RainWithSunnySpells · 12/12/2023 22:09

If Teresa Steele is reading this thread, I want to give my thanks. Thank you so, so much Teresa, you are a wonderful woman!

Now we need the NHS to do that same.

ODFOx · 12/12/2023 21:55

This is displayed in the foyer of our local NHS hospital. Looks positive.

Teresa Steele has got HCA Healthcare UK to guarantee single sex health care!!!
GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 12/12/2023 21:11

Holy shit! That's absolutely fantastic! How she's had the strength to do this is a bloody marvel.

Amazing that she's going to keep pushing with it too, just an absolutely amazing woman.