AIBU to be frustrated by gender rather than sex on GP triage forms

[Nomdemare]

Well aware that I will get flamed for this, but I’m
really fed up to see my local GP surgery use
gender (instead of sex) for their online triage service.
Possibly even more fed up than the fact that the next available appt not until Tuesday next week, or that it took five tries on the ai dob chatbot section to move forward.

As I said, I really don't care about which word they use on a triage form. I'm not going to tell other people what to care about and I'm not interested in anything said to me specifically to convince me I'm wrong.

Look the “gender” tab is just to appease the hyper sensitive and potentially hypercritical.

The HCP that reviews the form will know your sex because it will be on your medical record. Get over it.

Sex on a triage form because it could well pertain to the urgency / diagnosis etc on which triage is based.
But if I was a GP and meeting patients who come in, by definition not feeling their best in some way, I may need to be aware of how they see themselves gender-wise in order to be sensitive to their needs.
So they should ask both.

(GC, with no issue with how people identify as long as they don't impinge on my sex-based rights)

How can 'Mumsnet' as a site be transphobic?
It has a huge spectrum of users with different outlooks and beliefs.
But it is one of the forums that allowed debate when the TA demanded 'No Debate' so naturally there is a robust interrogation of Trans Identification as there is a robust interrogation of different approaches to feminism, politics, weaning, sleep training, Israel, Gaza, and so on.

MN is not 'transphobic' it is a site unlike most that allows opinion and debate.

Hate speech is deleted.
But then the level of threshold for arbitrating hate speech is very likely different from that of TAs.

Yes - I share your views too but was surprised and frustrated to see only gender asked on the triage form. So disappointing.

I am speaking from the viewpoint of working in a GP surgery which uses AI triage. If you could say “chest infection” then the system would allocate you an appointment fairly quickly. As it is, we are getting people booked in in 3 weeks time for infections! That’s just an example.

The reason the practice uses this version is because they don’t have enough GPs to both review forms as they arrive (as accurx for example requires) AND actually see patients.

Yes biological sex does matter when it directly relates to medical issues.

That’s very concerning isn’t it 😕
In my place we are able to review all requests “manually” so can allocate appts based on symptoms and likely urgency.

When they try to classify me be race, I always tick other and write 'Human'.

I really don’t care

These are the widely understood definitions these days, but when I was growing up the terms were interchangeable. That was back in the days before we had gender identities and blokes who dressed as women ( and vv) were called cross-dressers. I work with foreign students writing in English and they usually write "gender" when they mean "sex", presumably because sex is a naughty word. So from those POVs, I can see why a form would have gender on it. Many people still don't see a difference. But a doctor's surgery should. Maybe it was written by someone who still thinks the word "sex" is a bit rude, or thinks some patients will.

Then the patient, let’s say a biological man that says their gender is female… when filling out the forms should tick the box male. Regardless of whether it says sex or gender we all know why they’re asking it. So tick male and save everyone the headache

If it frustrates you OP it frustrates you. I personally wouldn’t be bothered and just tick the box that applies to my biological sex

I really really do not care, life too fucking short.

Spot on

My niece is 15 and she was telling me about a teacher's new baby. Every time she said gender I said sex and I'll continue to say it to anyone who says gender instead of the correct word.

Indeed, and Stormfront aren’t racist they’re pro-white. Tommy Robinson isn’t an Islamophobe, he’s pro-Christian. Obviously, the language and behaviour these people engage in would suggest otherwise, but it’s all just innocent fun and doesn’t affect minorities in any way.

As long as i get seen and get treatment i dont care what words anyone uses.