The proposed changes, which are subject to consultation, focus on same-sex care and patient safety.
Hospital patients in England will have the right to request to be treated on single-sex wards under proposed changes to the NHS Constitution, with transgender people placed in rooms on their own.
Under the planned revisions, transgender people could be placed in a room on their own if another patient requests to be in a single-sex ward. The new document will also aim to ensure different biological needs are met, and that illnesses and conditions that impact men and women in different ways are communicated clearly to patients.
“It will benefit anyone who needs same-sex intimate care in the NHS in England, or who may do so in the future. “Labour supports single-sex wards and will provide the staff, investment and reform the NHS needs to make sure every patient can be cared for safely.” Dr Emma Runswick, deputy chairwoman of the British Medical Association council, warned some changes “run the risk of causing more harm than good – with the potential to incite further discrimination, harassment and ostracisation of an already marginalised group”.
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