What my NHS Trust have said about the Supreme Court verdict

[Opinionpolecat]

The NHS Trust I work at sent an e-mail to all staff yesterday talking about the Supreme Court ruling. They stated that the judges have said that “woman” in UK law is based on biological sex. They go on to say that they want to be clear the ruling does not change the fact that everyone is welcome in the Trust and that they are an inclusive organisation. They say everyone deserves respect and understanding including staff, patients and families. They understand that some staff members may feel they need support at this time and recommend the LGBT+ staff network where LGBT+ staff and allies can find support and advice.

It struck me that they think only LGBT+ plus staff and allies will need support and advice, and the reassurance that the trust is such an inclusive organisation. They say nothing about the fact their policies have discriminated against female staff and patients for many years. They don't even admit to it but say this wasn't their fault, it was due to NHS wide guidance and they offer no apology to female staff, patients and their allies about these years of discrimination. They say nothing about the fact that for many years some female staff and patients may not have felt welcome or included within the Trust. Have any other NHS staff had similar messages?

My trust has put out a very similar message, with no mention of women.

For the person who asked about trusts upthread. They can be hospitals, groups of hospitals, community services, mental health services or a combination of these.

These statements from the NHS, and other similar ones, are proof of their disregard and disrespect for women.

The syrupy sympathy being ladled on to LGBT staff who may be feeling 😕at the Supreme Court ruling is in stark contrast to the 'get over yourselves' attitude to women asking for their basic rights.

It's so blatantly anti-women, these people clearly have zero self-awareness😡

Wow that was quick - 3 letters!

Are they all similar KnottyAuty? Do you think there was a template?

There need to be job losses. First up, the person who made the decision to gaslight and abuse a rape victim raped by a male bodied NHS-defined "woman" by denying the crime - a crime only made possible by their mixed sex by stealth policies.

If it wasn't for CCTV presumably the NHS would have got away with the abuse of this woman.

Sorry I’ve just popped out - didnt look in detail. Will do later

I’m posting this cautiously, as it is speculative, but there is a rumour that CQC is likely to be abolished in its current form. Possibly quite soon, once parliament returns.

If true, it’s not necessarily great news as there will be a merry-go-round of former NHS England staff looking for employment. The very people who wrote the be kind policies in the first place. But, more positively, it would be good time for a reset.

Wow, if the CQC fold and nhs England are going there will be a lot of health care types out of work. Or will they just be employed by the DoH? Surely someone still has to inspect the hospitals? Saying that have outcomes improved since inspections?

We had them in my workplace recently and they were chatting (very nice supportive and wanting to understand and improve - not bash us down - inspection team by the way) to us that they were only contracted to this particular inspection for a limited time with no word of what was going to happen after that was over.

Thanks @KnottyAuty have copy & pasted mine to the comments rather than a PDF - if that hasn’t worked let me know & I will try to upload

Fortunately, Kemi Badenoch got the Building Regs updated just before the Conservatives lost power last year.

New non-residential buildings (and major refurbs of existing buildings), must provide separate single sex toilets. The only exception is where the building is too small to have more than a few loos. In which case, it can be universal design for mixed sex use.

This does not prevent universal facilities being provided too, but single sex is then minimum requirement.

Let’s see which organisations claiming to be trans inclusive continue to be so when it means putting their money where their mouth is and paying to install additional universal facilties.

Toilet accommodation: Approved Document T: www.gov.uk/government/publications/toilet-accommodation-approved-document-t

Yes this. Hand wringing is one thing. Discrimination against women was cheap. Now we see how committed the trans allies will be - I hope they put their money where their mouths are given how they’ve encouraged and lied to trans people so far. They owe it to them

Yes, they were prepared to do it when the “only” cost was women’s rights - which as we all know now are considered cheap.

The CQC are a Stonewall champion - an allegedly independent regulator being signed up to an organisation campaigning against the rights of women and lesbians and aiming to remove safeguarding for certain groups of children🙄

I recall they gave GIDs a glowing report until the embarrassing scandals of ill treatment of vulnerable children emerged when they suddenly did a hasty reverse ferret and found GIDs to be problematic.

Suspect society would be much better off with a new professional independent body not in hock to trans lobbyists.

I suspect any inspection organisation will be a tick box exercise who never actually picks up on anything. Like signing Morecambe Bay maternity dept off as good when actually it really wasn’t. Took a relative pushing and pushing that to uncover it all.

The CQC needed abolishing years ago. Those 'surprise' inspections they do to monitor quality on hospital wards?
We knew exactly what day/time they were coming and given plenty of notice so things could be covered up, documents falsified, problematic staff who might speak out taken off the off duty that day. The NHS is corrupt and none of them are to be trusted

OP I work for NHS England and had a similar message sent by a Director with pronouns in their email signature. No acknowledgement about the damage done to women's language, spaces and rights.

Can you share a link to your audit please ?

I just had a quick scan of the 4 letters uploaded so far. They all say similar things but don't seem to be using a centralised template. They all emphasise support for trans colleagues - but there is nothing for women in any of them. I don't even work for the NHS and the rainbow lanyards have started giving me the creeps - I can completely empathise with how all this would create a hostile work environment. I hope things get better for you soon

Here you go: https://form.jotform.com/251073597264361

And they are the only ones taking selfish in the ladies.

Shocking and more messed up nonsensical wording: just say ‘trans’ not lgbtq+.

L&G&B are separate and based on biological sex, so protected by the ruling.

I know @KnottyAuty has already replied, but just in case you meant just the thread about the audit, that’s here:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5291237-nhs-policy-audit-working-party

Thank you, will have a read.