Healthcare • Page 6
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NHS: let’s talk about sex
This tweet by Emma Parnell, Lead Service Designer at NHS Digital, and the associated Medium post “Let’s Talk About Sex” is interesting. Parnell writes in detail about how she worked to remove the question of whether a patient is male or female from the online system for booking COVID...
20th March 2021
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Call for Evidence on Women’s Health
The UK government has launched a 12 week call for evidence on women’s health and care to understand women’s experiences and form the basis of a new Women’s Health Strategy. The 6 core themes included in the call for evidence are: Placing women’s voices at the centre of their...
7th March 2021
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Gender-neutral drafting and the MOMA bill – briefing
Why was the word ‘woman’ taken out of the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances (MOMA) Bill?
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Puberty blockers do not alleviate negative thoughts in children with gender dysphoria, finds study
Puberty blockers used to treat children aged 12 to 15 who have severe and persistent gender dysphoria had no significant effect on their psychological function, thoughts of self-harm, or body image, a study has found.
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General Medical Council: Sex Self ID by doctors
The General Medical Council allows doctors to change their recorded “gender” (which they record in place of sex) through a simple process of Self ID. Doctors who change their name and their recorded gender get a new GMC number. Two separate register entries will appear on the medical register....
5th January 2021
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Gender Recognition Act reform – evidence submission
We answer the Women and Equalities Select Committee‘s questions and make six recommendations.
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Government policy concerning transsexual people
Department for Constitutional Affairs, December 2002
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Report of the interdepartmental working group on transexual people
Set up by the Home Secretary in April 1999 to consider, with particular reference to birth certificates, the need for appropriate legal measures to address the problems experienced by transsexual people, having due regard to scientific and societal developments, and measures undertaken in other countries to deal with this...