PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(12 December 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has written to NHS Trusts on the use of sex-specific language in NHS guidance.
Asked by:
Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative)
Asked by:
Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative)
Answer
The Department has not written to the National Health Service trusts on the use of sex-specific language in NHS guidance. The Government understands the need for health information to be as clear as possible and to use language that appropriately reflects sex, as defined as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010.
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