London Hospital Trust Defends Trans Inclusion Policy Amid Growing Controversy

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A new equality policy introduced by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust has ignited debate by allowing transgender employees to use the lavatories and changing rooms of their choice, challenging the stance of Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The policy also mandates that all staff must refer to colleagues using their preferred pronouns, regardless of personal beliefs about gender identity.  

 

Further fueling controversy, the guidance instructs managers not to disclose the transgender status of doctors or nurses to patients. Critics argue this could prevent patients from knowing whether they are receiving intimate care from someone of the same biological sex. The policy comes at a time when the NHS is already facing legal challenges on this issue, including from eight nurses in Darlington who objected to sharing a changing room with a biological man identifying as a woman.  

 

The Darlington nurses have drafted proposed NHS guidelines, currently under review by Streeting, which would prohibit transgender individuals from accessing women’s showers and changing rooms. The proposal asserts that equality laws do not establish a "hierarchy" of rights and that transgender rights should not be elevated above women’s rights. NHS Fife is also involved in a legal dispute after nurse Sandie Peggie was required to share a changing room with a trans woman.  

 

Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns at the women’s rights group Sex Matters, condemned Guy’s and St Thomas’ policy, saying: “With the Darlington nurses and Sandie Peggie cases under way, it’s inexplicable that Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust has just produced a new policy stating that staff who identify as transgender can access the facilities of the ‘gender’ they identify as. The leadership of Guy’s and St Thomas’ needs to get a grip, pull this new policy, and start again if the trust is to avoid becoming the latest NHS trust to face costly legal action because of reality-denying absurd policies and practices.”  

 

The policy, developed by equality officers and LGBT staff members, controversially recognizes "non-binary" identities, which are not legally defined in the UK. It also sets out plans for NHS staff at the trust’s two hospitals to be trained on “non-binary staff and gender non-conforming identities.” The trust has further stated that it will collect data on employees’ self-identified gender rather than their biological sex, directly opposing government directives.  

 

The policy document states: “Transgender people are accommodated according to the gender they identify with, rather than sex registered at birth, regardless of where they are on the transition journey.” It also outlines a commitment to providing gender-neutral facilities where possible. Furthermore, the guidance insists that all employees must address others by their chosen pronouns and names at any given time: “On joining the trust, they should always be referred to by their chosen name and gender identity. If the line manager is aware of their trans status, it is inappropriate for them to disclose that information.”  

 

The document also emphasizes that training on LGBT+ inclusion, including modules on transgender, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming identities, will be integrated into the trust’s inclusivity program.  

 

Critics argue that the policy conflicts with UK law. McAnena stated: “The authors of this policy seem only distantly acquainted with UK law. It doesn’t even mention that sex is a protected characteristic in the Equality Act, but refers repeatedly to ‘non-binary’ identities, which appear nowhere in the law and are irrelevant to healthcare. It’s as absurd as a veterinary hospital writing a policy about cats that identify as dogs.”  

 

She further warned that the policy could create issues for patient rights: “The requirement not to disclose the sex of trans-identifying staff risks patients who ask for a female health professional being confronted by a male one who claims to be a woman. Having to use ‘preferred’—that is, wrong-sex—pronouns means nobody will even be able to state the truth if and when this happens.”  

 

Additionally, she criticized the policy’s suggestion that pronoun preferences could change at any time, requiring staff to adjust accordingly.  

Despite the backlash, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust defended its policy. A spokesperson for the trust stated: “Transgender staff, like all our staff, deserve to be treated with kindness and respect in line with our Trust values. As an inclusive employer, it is important we ensure everyone is supported regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.”  

 

As the NHS navigates increasing legal disputes over gender identity policies, the debate surrounding trans inclusion in healthcare continues to intensify, with no clear resolution in sight.

 

Based on a report by NYP  2025-03-12

 

 

[mikeymike100]

So in the UK this madness continues, yet in the US there are 2 genders only and the madness is history!

Take your pick.

[JonnyF]

So now we'll have women having their genitalia checked by a bloke in a dress.

 

If they object, they'll just have to shut up about it. 

 

 

 

 

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, Social Media said:

The policy document states: “Transgender people are accommodated according to the gender they identify with, rather than sex registered at birth, regardless of where they are on the transition journey.”

“Transgender people are to be accommodated no matter what, everyone else's role is to pay the taxes that provide for those accommodations.” 

[roo860]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

So now we'll have women having their genitalia checked by a bloke in a dress.

 

If they object, they'll just have to shut up about it. 

 

 

 

 

These freaks should be in an asylum 

[digger70]

London Hospital Trust Defends Trans Inclusion Policy Amid Growing Controversy 

 

Are they nuts ?  Males are Men    Females are Women That's it in a Nut shell.

If I want to   (as a Female  ) to be examined   by a Female Doctor or Nurse  would one have to ask for their Birth Certificate or just , (Feel)  , to find out of the Doc /Nurse is Female . 

This is just absolutely Insane to have to put up with this Garbage.

 

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

A new equality policy introduced by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust has ignited debate by allowing transgender employees to use the lavatories and changing rooms of their choice,

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

Further fueling controversy, the guidance instructs managers not to disclose the transgender status of doctors or nurses to patients. Critics argue this could prevent patients from knowing whether they are receiving intimate care from someone of the same biological sex.

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

The trust has further stated that it will collect data on employees’ self-identified gender rather than their biological sex, directly opposing government directives.  

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

The policy document states: “Transgender people are accommodated according to the gender they identify with, rather than sex registered at birth, regardless of where they are on the transition journey.

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

the policy’s suggestion that pronoun preferences could change at any time, requiring staff to adjust accordingly.  

 

[James105]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

A new equality policy introduced by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust has ignited debate by allowing transgender employees to use the lavatories and changing rooms of their choice, challenging the stance of Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The policy also mandates that all staff must refer to colleagues using their preferred pronouns, regardless of personal beliefs about gender identity.  

 

This is what happens when you recruit DEI morons on £90k+ per year in DEI manager roles, they scrabble around trying to find controversial policies as they are probably aware that nobody would notice if they didn't turn up to work for a month/year/decade as it is not a real job.   

[Watawattana]

Meanwhile, is there enough money for essential medicines and equipment in the NHS?  Crazy, crazy, crazy.

[thaibeachlovers]

As one that worked in the NHS, one of the biggest problems are the number of managers , some of which are no more than drones.

If the morons wish to pursue this madness, they should create changing rooms just for them.

 

In the hospital I worked at in London, had a man in a frock attempted to invade the female changing room, they would have regretted it, as some of those female nurses were pretty aggressive, and didn't take any BS.