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BMA hand-wringing about the Supreme Court ruling

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Opinionpolecat · 30/05/2025 08:37

The BMA have put out a hand-wringing statement about the Supreme Court ruling.
They say "access to care should not be determined by a perceived hierarchy of rights." That's right BMA, men's feelings that "require" them to be on women's wards, in women's changing rooms and women's toilets are not more important than women's need for privacy, dignity, and safety when they are patients or staff in the NHS. You need to wake up to the fact that women have rights too.

They say there is increased pressure on the NHS because of the need to find alternative accommodation for trans patients, all because men can no longer be placed on women's wards. They say "we support informed, respectful, discussion by medical professionals of the best ways to manage individual patients, taking a patient-centred approach, which respects their dignity, autonomy, and human rights". It's a shame they didn't take this approach when it came to respecting the dignity, autonomy, and human rights of women to single sex spaces.

They talk about a BMA report which showed high levels of transphobia experienced by NHS staff, but completely fail to mention the high levels of sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual assault experienced by female doctors and medical students, collected by organizations like Surviving in Scrubs. They also fail to mention the ingrained sexism within the BMA, which was revealed by the Romney report, and which they clearly are still perpetuating.

They say "our commitment to supporting our trans and non-binary members, and the wider community of medical professionals and patients remains unwavering." It's a shame they have no commitment to support female BMA members, the wider community of female medical professionals and female patients whose right to single sex spaces had been taken away from them, and continues to be denied to them by the NHS.

https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/statement-of-support-for-doctors-affected-by-the-supreme-court-ruling

Statement of support for doctors affected by the supreme court ruling

Statement of support for doctors affected by the supreme court ruling

We reaffirm our commitment to supporting trans and non-binary members, and the wider community of medical professionals and patients

https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/statement-of-support-for-doctors-affected-by-the-supreme-court-ruling

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Catiette · 30/05/2025 17:32

Yay again!

(I'll shut up now)...

PrettyDamnCosmic · 30/05/2025 17:33

I have been retired for 18 months & am still a member but paying a reduced sub of about £200 per year. I do browse the BMJ every week but I'm not sure it's worth it just for that. I found the BMA very helpful when I had occasion to contact them with regards to sorting out pay, pensions etc but in retirement I don't have much use for a union.

Opinionpolecat · 31/05/2025 09:27

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 30/05/2025 09:25

In 2022, a BMA report in collaboration with GLADD revealed that almost half (49%) of trans respondents working in the NHS had directly suffered from transphobia at least once in the past two years and almost a quarter (24%) had experienced verbal attacks or name calling.

as noted above, I would be interested in the proportion of women staff who had experienced sexism, and the overall percentage of staff who have experienced name calling.

91% of women doctors have experienced sexism at work, 56% have had "unwanted verbal contact" and 31% unwanted physical contact according to a BMA report https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/equality-and-diversity-guidance/gender-equality-in-medicine/sexism-in-medicine-report

Discrimination crossed out circle illustration

Sexism in medicine report

Our report, based on a survey of nearly 2.5 thousand doctors, highlights an issue of sexism in the medical profession.

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/equality-and-diversity-guidance/gender-equality-in-medicine/sexism-in-medicine-report

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TopographicalTime · 31/05/2025 09:31

I've responded to the email address provided and stated I will be leaving the BMA if don't retract the statement. I'm also considering making a formal complaint regarding them failing to show 'unwavering support' for women & gender critical people.

Opinionpolecat · 31/05/2025 10:24

I’m going to write something this weekend. I nearly left after the pathetic denouncement of the Cass review and the arrogant twits of the RDC and their motion against the Supreme Court, but I supposed if I’m a member at least I can complain.

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Opinionpolecat · 07/06/2025 09:51

Has anyone heard anything back from the BMA? I've got the "we don't check this mailbox very often" reply from the address they gave in the article. Which shows how important they think equality is.

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