Health Minister Karin Smyth confirms need for single sex changing rooms in the NHS in Parliament

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Rosie on form:

Female nursing staff should not be expected b[ppppy the NHS to get changed in front of their male colleagues, no matter how they identify, the Minister of Health confirmed to me today. (And #IStandWithSandiePeggie, obviously).

RosieDuffield1 asked in HouseofCommons :
"Should female nursing staff be expected by the NHS to get changed in front of their male colleagues who identify as female?"

UK Labour Health Minister karinsmyth "NO"

Footage:
https://x.com/RosieDuffield1/status/1889308250622882285

Note Karin Smyth is a longstanding supporter of women's rights an a friend of Rosie.

Good!

However there's still so much support for forcing non consenting women to be naked around transwomen and plenty of that support is from other women.

The part of me which feels angry and let down would like to really push for 3rd spaces with the message that good allies ought to be in there too, getting changed alongside.

That's very nice but what are they actually doing to make this law? Saying it doesn't make it happen,

I stand with Peggie absolutely and have been following the case. However if she loses it will have a massive impact on women everywhere.

The Upton nonsense is peaking people more and more.

Lots more work to be done, but the gender card tower is coming down. The more angry women there are more this stuff is pushed back.

It’s already the law under health and safety at work regulations.

However employers are failing to comply with the law on single sex facilities by allowing male employees who declare an opposite sex identity to access opposite sex facilities.

Or having an “employees can use the facilities they feel most comfortable in” policy which, in practice, makes all facilities mixed sex.