NHS England uniform

[Spindelina]

There's a consultation on an England-wide NHS uniform, open until 31st May.

Noting that the supporting information talks about the need to not discriminate on the grounds of gender, and that the NHS workforce is female-dominated, but that the loudest voices I've heard talking about this have all been male...

Particularly if you work for the NHS, can I encourage you to respond to make sure that any uniform options are designed to take into account the wide variation in female body shape?

(Particularly wrt pregnancy, but also an issue for many non-pregnant women. I wouldn't want to be forced into trousers, for example - they rarely fit comfortably. But dresses are no longer included in Wales or Scotland.)

Thanks for this, I'm in my car all day and on bad Ibs days my trousers are like a tourniquet round my middle when I am trying to drive.... funnily enough I live in dresses (Which also helps in the hot summers in care homes🤣 )

This is all very nice but until there is legislation around who can wear the uniform it is pointless. I qualified in 1998 have many years experience but I walk into my closet care home and the carers have exactly the same uniform as me, no wonder my patients are confused.

Is it bad that I put a bit of a rant in the section asking what sex I identified as?