Women’s rights to same-sex health care

I read this as a “men need single sex services too”, possibly to try to undermine the thrust of this thread. To which most FWR posters would say “of course! The Equality Act 2010 protected characteristic of sex covers both men and women in circumstances where they need single sex provision” and none of us have an issue with that, provided it is a proportionate act.

Isn't it one of the numerous delusional claims made by extreme transactivists? That if you think women are entitled to single sex hospital wards then you're demanding no male doctors, porters, nurses, visitors etc?

The sound you hear is the bottom of a barrel being scraped 😄

Ah thank you. So a rather pathetic attempt at a reductio ad absurdum argument but without the details that would actually make it clear what is being argued.

It's a bit like watching a number 11 batter walking out to the crease needing 60 runs to win with 5 balls remaining. They know that they've lost but they have to pretend that they're still in the game.

See also 'no male cleaners in public toilets'.

Your comments are of neither use nor ornament, go and fifth column somewhere else.

In terms of the law, as I state in the article, there are regulations introduced by the coalition government in 2014 requiring medical staff to take account of patient preferences including as to same sex care, but they are being ignored. I persuaded the British Medical Union which represent doctors to change their publication "Core Ethics Guidance" to make reference to these regulations, but the General Medical Council has so far refused to change its guidance on intimate examinations. The Care Quality Commission has produced guidance on the regulations but has failed to engage with the medical or nursing professions about the enforcement of the regulations. Has anyone ever seen a poster in a hospital telling women that they have a right to same sex care? The government needs for force the medical and nursing professions to change their codes, and publicise this right and strengthen this right.
The NHS is short of nurses and so wants to encourage more men into nursing. Fine by me. There are plenty of men who need nursing care. When my daughter was 12 or 13, only just young enough for my wife to have a right to stay in hospital with her she made it known to the nursing staff that my daughter only wanted showered by female nurses. Whilst my daughter was still a little groggy from anaesthetic and whilst my wife was momentarily away, a male nurse came into her room insisting that he was (alone) going to shower my daughter. He even told her that he became a nurse so he could see young girls naked. My wife arrived back in time and sent him packing.
It is important to remember that the medical and nursing profession attract some wonderful human beings, but that they also attract those who want to abuse or hurt others. The profession gives them both the opportunity and the cloak of respectability. It is essential to have some redlines to protect patients such as single sex wards and same sex care. These can never guarantee safety, but they are a start.
As to the report on rapes in hospitals, those attacked are not just patients, but also medical staff and visitors. Those committing these crimes are not just medics, but patients, visitors, contractors. Hospitals should be able to control access to patients, in a similar way to how schools protect pupils, such as controlled access to wards and more CCTV.

"Has anyone ever seen a poster in a hospital telling women that they have a right to same sex care?"

I'm pleased to say I have. I had surgery on my throat about two years ago at Bristol Royal Infirmary and in the corridor of the ward I was on was a very prominent poster stating that same-sex care was available to all patients who required it. It felt very encouraging to see it.