Member's statement: Transgender Hospital Patients: NHS England Guidance
Member's statement by Mrs Diane Dodds on .
- MLA
- Mrs Diane Dodds
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 19 October 2026
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Transgender Hospital Patients: NHS England Guidance
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5795324
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Text
Last week, NHS England updated its guidance to say that trans patients should be cared for on single-sex hospital wards or in bays that align with their biological sex rather than their gender.
That means that the updated NHS England guidance brings care arrangements — excuse me — into line with the Supreme Court ruling of 2025 on the definition of "sex". Although — excuse me — it should not have taken a Supreme Court ruling to decide something that — I am sorry — most of us view as being common sense, the —. I am sorry, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I make my statement in the next round?
Apologies.
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