I think the thing that is so worrying is that NHS Trusts are so intrinsically misogynistic and totalitarian that they felt absolutely confident in writing down their illegal and inhumane policies that could clearly harm patients. Yes, for some of them it was stupidly following Stonewall illegal advice.
The slightly smarter trusts will have just said policies were 'in development' for years (the one I just did had a bit of that) and then they're completely free to put men in with vulnerable women whenever the men wanted, because of the ideology of a few EDI staff, no matter the consequences, and cowing all the other staff into silence and doubt and walking on eggshells. Because they KNOW those patients, those vulnerable women and children, have no means of effectively speaking up for their rights and for their safety. Often they're already ill and struggling with life.
Think of the courage it took for Sandie Peggie to speak up. And the fact Fife seemingly didn't have any policies or any EQIA either, there was just a culture of fear. It's deliberate.
Which is why we have to carry on. But I just don't know if the trust in the NHS can ever be restored for me. Because if this is what they're willing to commit to in documents, what are they doing but not telling? Some hospitals will likely be purging the documents now. But some hospitals have avoided writing anything down - plausible deniability - I can see from FOIs for the trust I've just done that they told people asking FOI questions that some policies were 'in development' for almost 3 years! Although in this case the staff policy is pretty clear that the Trust thinks men become women on their say so and must be pandered to at every possible opportunity without any serious thought of the consequences for anyone else.
Thank you to our fearless leader @KnottyAuty and others who are doing more of the heavy lifting - happy to help more with whatever needs doing next!