NHS England has finally told hospitals and GP surgeries to segregate wards, loos, and changing rooms by biological sex – 18 months after the Supreme Court ruled in April 2025 that sex under the Equality Act means biological sex. Remember when NHS England was ‘abolished’ by Labour?
The new guidance states: “Single-sex services, such as hospital accommodation, should be provided on the basis of biological sex.” It adds that “trans people… should be accommodated in line with their sex as registered at birth,” with single rooms offered where necessary. It scraps the old NHS line that trans people could use whichever facilities they preferred…
Soon after the ruling, then Health Secretary Wes Streeting promised guidance “in the coming weeks”. One way of putting it…
The rules cover patients and staff alike and trusts now have to audit their facilities to check they comply. 18 months and well-publicised tribunals later…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”