Updated NHS single sex guidance to be published on Thursday 20th August

[Whatchamacallitt]

According to SEEN in Health, a sex realist NHS staff network, updated NHS single sex guidance is due be published in 2 days.

This should outline who is eligible to be placed on a male/female single sex ward and who is not. If they follow the law this should be determined simply on the basis of (biological) sex.

I imagine there will also be some pragmatic solutions touted for trans-identified patients, such as the use of side rooms, where available and appropriate.

Could this be the start of the NHS following the law and protecting patients when at their most vulnerable?

Watching with interest. Thank you for the heads-up.

The real question is can I keep everything crossed for two days without doing myself an injury!

Well this is interesting.

Thanks for this OP. I, and the rest of the NHS audit vipers, will be watching intently!

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https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/

I expect that will appear here?

Oohhh!
thanks for this

. Placemarking. Thanks OP

Thank you for the heads up on this

Thank you!

Wonder whether they'll excitedly include their previous proposals for male sex offenders claiming to be women to be placed on women's wards?

Or have they finally got the message?

Good, thanks for this @Whatchamacallitt . I'm looking forward to seeing what it says, and if they finally understand that women's privacy, safety, and dignity in healthcare actually exists, and that they need to obey the law, or, I, for one, will be coming for them one day.

Still, it's actions that will determine how I and other women proceed. As I have said on another thread, words are indeed powerful and have meaning. And the words in the EA 2010 and the SC ruling 2025 are the ones I will be quoting to the NHS, no matter what the words in their own policies say.

No worries everyone - thanks myself to SEEN in Health for first reporting it. I'll also be eagerly awaiting the publication.

Thanks @Whatchamacallitt

Thank you!

Fingers firmly crossed 🤞

Watch out for the exemptions.

There are exemptions already for men and women sharing which the NHS was supposed to work towards minimising for years but they just kick the can citing staffing and funding.

Just before Christmas my dear friend ( female) was on a mixed ward, but it was an acute stroke ward of 6 beds and none of the extremely unwell patients would have been able to tell you their own sex let alone the sex of anyone else on the the ward. She was then moved to another HD ward, still mixed but with separate bays before finally being moved to an all female ward where thank goodness she made an amazing recovery. There are times when mixed wards are appropriate, but as soon as patients are aware of their surroundings then they should be in single sex wards.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks @Whatchamacallitt am looking forward to reading it tomorrow!

Tough one, after all it is the NHS we are talking about, so I won't be betting my Tunnock's on them doing the correct thing!

Up with delightful menopausal insomnia so I have been digging about ye olde internet, as you do.

The new 'delivering single sex accommodation' looks like it will be known as 'Privacy, dignity and safety in hospital accommodation' so this new phrase will be useful when we are looking for updates later this morning.

Nothing as yet to be found, I don't suppose an overnight release will happen.

I have had a rootle in the drinks cabinet and might create a sort-of Pan Galactic gargle blaster from left over trifle sherry, tia maria and orange bitters to knock me out.

See you later, wims.

Placemarking and finger crossing

I have just had a very, very suspicious thought.

What are the chances of this being released on GCSE results day? On a day where there is guaranteed to be a big news story??

Seems like a fortunate choice...

🤞 for some sense

I’ll be reading with interest - especially the annexes. That’s where the old version hid the exemptions that required the NHS to enforce self ID for trans patients. The exemptions around A&E, ICU etc were up-front and obvious.