Telegraph- Patient safety fears as NHS allows trans sex offenders in female-only wards
Patient safety fears as NHS allows trans sex offenders in female-only wards Concern over guidance which says people can choose which shower and lavatory facilities they use based on the gender they identify with By Hayley Dixon, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT and Ewan Somerville 2 August 2021 • 9:30pm Male-born sex offenders who self-identify as women can be placed on female-only NHS wards, hospital trusts have said in guidance. Devon, Oxford and Nottinghamshire hospitals all tell staff that a criminal history should be part of a risk assessment when placing male-born people on female-only wards, but do not say it is a bar to admission. It comes as The Telegraph has found that NHS Trusts across the country have issued guidance that says patients should be admitted based on the gender they identify with and therefore can choose which ward, lavatory and shower facilities they use. Some trusts have labelled those patients who express discomfort as transphobic, compared t...