Is all the correcting of forms working? NHS flu vax forms uses SEX not gender!

[Sunkisses]

Interesting... opened up DDs flu vax letter from school and the NHS form had SEX, not gender, written on it. Is this is a first? Is all the endless correcting of forms finally paying off? Is the tide turning? Am I getting carried away?!

Sounds like progress!

YES!

Ours said ‘gender’ and I crossed it out.

More likely that it's from an old batch that is being used up.

Mine said gender 🙄

Mine said gender and I corrected it.

Mind you a friend (hello Clare) sent me this link that shows that biological sex is critically important in vaccination. So not surprising the NHS insist on sex being recorded

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157517/

@JellySlice it's definitely new. Last year's form had 'gender' on it. I correct all the forms and I remember last year it said 'gender'

Mine said gender. I corrected it.

Sunkisses, I would count that as a win!

i always cross out ‘gender’ and replace with ‘sex’ on forms, that’s a real result if they’ve since changed it nationally back to ‘sex’. Congratulations to whoever decided to revert back to facts-based healthcare provision and record keeping in the interests of children.

Our form said Gender Boy/Girl which I crossed out and replaced with Sex Male/Female

I also emailed the Trust who were responsible for the form and got a reply to say it would be looked into. Heard nothing since, of course, but seeing as it's a busy time of year for the vaccination team I'm leaving the chasing until January

Ours said gender (again) so I crossed it out (again), SE London here.

I do this on all paper forms.

On electronic forms, I'll tick Female/Male and in 'comments boxes' type "Sex, not gender".

My DSs forms did too! I think for some vaccinations it’s important to know the biological sex of the person you are injecting. Gender not being an adequate substitute in this regard.

Sunkisses - good!

However, this idiocy still has traction:
https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3747649-Blood-donation-record-states-my-gender-is-female
plus, of course, the NHS's 'single gender wards' mixed-sex in-patient policy.