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NHS Policy Audit - working party -Thread #3

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KnottyAuty · 12/06/2025 20:57

NHS Policy Audit - working party -Thread #3

Original thread #1 here:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5291237-nhs-policy-audit-working-party?page=1
Thread #2:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5322494-nhs-policy-audit-working-party-thread-2

This is a thread about “keeping the receipts” on NHS Policies prior to the Supreme Court ruling on 16th April 2025.

Our working theory is that there were no single sex spaces for NHS Staff or Patients in the entire country before that date, having all been removed by stealth.

We are aiming to prove this by auditing websites and policies for all the UK trusts and using the results to raise public awareness.

As well as recording what has happened historically, the information will form a baseline so we can check which Trusts comply or defy the judgement in due course...

We are working around the country region by region. If you fancy getting involved in a bit of grassroots feminism then please do join in to help!?

Each trust takes about an hour to research and you can upload online without giving any personal details away. Comment below and we can give you the link to an online survey - it changes for each region.

Thanks soooo much to all the vipers who have helped so far and @twoloons for doing a great job with the thread wrangling!

NHS Policy Audit - working party | Mumsnet

Following on from Thread #23 of the Peggie v NHS Employment Tribunal. Anyone who wants to help with survey/audit of paperwork against the Equality Act...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5291237-nhs-policy-audit-working-party?page=1

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KnottyAuty · 27/04/2026 23:16

Good evening!
An update for you on the recent FOIs
40 sent out and 26 replies so far
19/26 no change to policies
5/26 on hold/withdrawn/awaiting guidance
1/26 NHS Fife still not writing anything down presumably going for the plausible deniability angle?
1/26 Updated policy - still reading and working out what the garbled lingo might mean .
Will report back soon

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KnottyAuty · 15/04/2026 20:17

Here you go - started a new thread for just the map - but please do flag any suggestions or errors etc over here!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5517499-seeninhealth-interactive-map-of-unlawful-nhs-single-sex-and-trans-self-id-policies-for-whole-of-uk-check-out-your-trust-and-find-template-letters-to-call-for-the-return-of-lawfulness-to-the-nhs

SEENinHealth Interactive Map of (unlawful) NHS single sex and trans self ID policies for whole of UK - check out your Trust and find template letters to call for the return of lawfulness to the NHS! | Mumsnet

Very proud to announce that SEENinHealth has published an interactive policy map on their website here: [[https://seeninhealth.org/nhs-foi-map/ http...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5517499-seeninhealth-interactive-map-of-unlawful-nhs-single-sex-and-trans-self-id-policies-for-whole-of-uk-check-out-your-trust-and-find-template-letters-to-call-for-the-return-of-lawfulness-to-the-nhs

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YellowRoom · 15/04/2026 15:07

I can take a look when on website x

thenoisiesttermagant · 15/04/2026 13:11

Well done Knotty and team. I hereby give you medals and a Trophy for services to women!🎖🏅🏆

So proud of the very very small part I played. Have had a pretty shit year so am enormously cheered to see this getting the recognition it deserves and feeling that in some tiny way I contributed to things getting better... or at least more sunlight. Some of that year spent in hospitals in various capacities and it would be really, really nice if women actual got the single sex spaces and care they need and are entitled to and we could reduce the very real risk of sexual assault in the NHS that women are subject to.

And reduce the vast quantities of NHS money wasted on trying to pretend men can be women, gaslighting, coercing and witch hunting the staff who are brave enough to go against NHS ideological indocrination and state biological truth.

GreenAllOver · 15/04/2026 13:07

@KnottyAuty Will you share the link when it’s live?

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KnottyAuty · 15/04/2026 12:36

Thanks @AngleofRepose - it’s going to be an interesting week!

Im not understanding why the EHRC bit of “governing” has had to pause when all sorts of other functions seem to be able to progress just fine 🤔

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KnottyAuty · 15/04/2026 12:33

GreenAllOver · 15/04/2026 09:36

It’s been over a year’s work by so many women, thank you @KnottyAuty for bringing us all together. I can’t wait to see the website! I could do a potted history of single sex accommodation in the NHS for it, if you want?

@GreenAllOver I’ve had a go at converting your excellent detective work into a timeline (and added other key events and relevant NHS tribunals/cases) It is a little rough and ready because we didn’t know if it would make it on the website until yesterday! So do have a look and let me know any tweaks

Actually it would be great to have lots of eyes on at first launch with feedback from this thread to beta test it!?

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AngleofRepose · 15/04/2026 12:32

New NHS Women's Health Strategy - Wes Streeting statement about medical misogyny | Mumsnet

Knotty, just to say thank you and your "minions" (said with all due reverence!) for all your hard work on the audits. I have been following the process from the beginning. Nice to see the work coming to fruition!

I started a thread (link above, I hope) about the new Streeting NHS Women's Health Strategy, thought I would just highlight it in case it has any relevance to your work.

Haven't had time to read it yet, so don't know if there will be anything in it about single sex spaces. But, seeing as it's about women and healthcare and the NHS, there bloody should be!

New NHS Women's Health Strategy - Wes Streeting statement about medical misogyny | Mumsnet

[[https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-failing-women-and-girls-and-has-appalling-culture-of-medical-misogyny-health-secretary-says-13531932 NHS 'failing wom...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5517192-new-nhs-womens-health-strategy-wes-streeting-statement-about-medical-misogyny?reply=151713719

AlexandraLeaving · 15/04/2026 11:33

Well done and thank you to all of you who have put so much effort into this important work.

GreenAllOver · 15/04/2026 09:36

It’s been over a year’s work by so many women, thank you @KnottyAuty for bringing us all together. I can’t wait to see the website! I could do a potted history of single sex accommodation in the NHS for it, if you want?

FarriersGirl · 15/04/2026 09:32

TwoLoonsAndASprout · 15/04/2026 08:47

Thanks and cheers and hugs and flowers also need to go to @KnottyAuty for wrangling this unwieldy project over the finish line. It has been mammoth, and she deserves all the praise for kicking it off and keeping it going.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Absolutely 💯

ArtShow · 15/04/2026 08:52

Thank you so much for all this work you've done. It's so impressive.

TwoLoonsAndASprout · 15/04/2026 08:47

KnottyAuty · 15/04/2026 08:43

Sneak peek….

Thanks and cheers and hugs and flowers also need to go to @KnottyAuty for wrangling this unwieldy project over the finish line. It has been mammoth, and she deserves all the praise for kicking it off and keeping it going.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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KnottyAuty · 15/04/2026 08:43

Sneak peek….

NHS Policy Audit - working party -Thread #3
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RedNine · 15/04/2026 08:09

You brilliant wims 😍

umbel · 15/04/2026 07:42

Great news! Well done vipers!

Bannedontherun · 14/04/2026 22:23

Excellent

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KnottyAuty · 14/04/2026 22:11

OOh also @northcluegc and @GreenAllOver for their excellent skills which have been invaluable!

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teawamutu · 14/04/2026 21:51

KnottyAuty · 14/04/2026 21:47

Good evening vipers!

Just a quick note to say that we have been collaborating with SEENinHealth who will be publishing the audit results in an easy access format on their website this week. Thanks to everyone who contributed - we couldn't have done it without everyone who helped!

Special shout outs to @SeaStoat for the original FOIs plus @TwoLoonsAndASprout @Cantunseeit @FarriersGirl @Mipe and@teawamutu who have been beavering away with endless reformatting and checking behind the scenes.

In the end we went for a sample selection of around 40 follow up FOIs which went in a few weeks ago and results coming in - no surprise that none of the Trusts have managed to update their policies!!

I shall post more tomorrow night - so please do get ready to link and share - thank you!

I did some of the early stuff, but have to reject the credit and confess that life got in the way massively recently, so the vast majority of the beavering was done by the remarkable bunch you mentioned.

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KnottyAuty · 14/04/2026 21:47

Good evening vipers!

Just a quick note to say that we have been collaborating with SEENinHealth who will be publishing the audit results in an easy access format on their website this week. Thanks to everyone who contributed - we couldn't have done it without everyone who helped!

Special shout outs to @SeaStoat for the original FOIs plus @TwoLoonsAndASprout @Cantunseeit @FarriersGirl @Mipe and@teawamutu who have been beavering away with endless reformatting and checking behind the scenes.

In the end we went for a sample selection of around 40 follow up FOIs which went in a few weeks ago and results coming in - no surprise that none of the Trusts have managed to update their policies!!

I shall post more tomorrow night - so please do get ready to link and share - thank you!

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SternlyMatthews · 09/02/2026 23:10

SEENinHealth had the bright idea of using the well chosen hashtag #knottyaudit to pull it all together ie by searching on X

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KnottyAuty · 09/02/2026 15:07

TwoLoonsAndASprout · 09/02/2026 14:11

You’ll need to click on the pic to see SEEN in J’s comment…

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SEENinHealth are doing such a great job with their tweets!
Loving their summaries - making it all much more digestible. I still feel a bit swamped with all the info we found LOL

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KnottyAuty · 09/02/2026 15:05

Harassedevictee · 03/02/2026 22:58

@KnottyAuty I am a subscriber to Nick Wallis’ Gender Blog. Nick has just finished his draft of his book about the Post Office and is now focusing on Gender Wars.

He is interested in the NHS and says “Also, if you have any current documentation pointing to capture in your organisation and/or examples of sanction (formal or social) for those who attempt to question the orthodoxy do pass it on. Everything will be dealt with in the utmost confidence.”

I thought of you. This is his website with contact details. https://nickwallis.com/contact/

Hi - thanks - for some reason missed this when you originally posted. Hopefully we will be able to issue the results of the audit in an interactive format on a website. So anyone can have a look 👀- watch this space!

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TwoLoonsAndASprout · 09/02/2026 14:11

TwoLoonsAndASprout · 09/02/2026 14:09

Screenshot:

You’ll need to click on the pic to see SEEN in J’s comment…