Another HUGE win. Many will remember the shocking case at Princess Grace Hospital which cancelled a woman's life-saving operation' after she said she wanted single sex health care.
Teresa Steele has now managed to get them change their policy in all their facilities and to follow the Equality Act. She is going to go after all the other UK healthcare providers and NHS to do the same .
More details:
Private hospital group guarantees same sex care for patients
Pressure on NHS to follow suit after HCA promises patients will be looked after by staff members of same 'sex' rather than same 'gender'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/12/private-hospital-guarantees-same-sex-care-for-patients-nhs/
Ms Steele is now working with a newly founded group called Caring About Dignity to support women who “like me have been victimised for asking for same sex care”.
https://www.caringaboutdignity.org/
The original thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4658807-hospital-refuses-to-operate-on-sex-attack-victim-after-she-requests-all-female-care-because-she-fears-mixed-sex-facilities-are-unsafe-for-women
Once again another powerful institution has been humbled by a woman taking a stand for her rights.