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NHS Ward Changes: Privacy, Dignity & The Hard Choices | Women, Actually
In this episode of Women, Actually, host Oonagh Gonzales explores the profound implications of NHS England’s new guidance on single-sex wards, a policy shift that allocates inpatient sleeping and bathroom facilities based on biological sex rather than gender identity. This decision, which requires trans women to have undergone gender reassignment surgery to access female-only wards, has sparked intense debate regarding patient privacy, dignity, and safety. The discussion moves beyond political headlines to examine the human cost for both cisgender women seeking protection from trauma and…
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