Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15815

Health Services: Gender

Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

ConservativeBridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) MHPRA provides to NHS bodies and his Department’s arm’s length bodies on (a) the expression of gender critical views and (b) recognitio

Answer

Karin Smyth
No specific guidance has been issued. The Department expects its arm’s-length bodies and the National Health Service to adhere to the Equality Act 2010, which protects everyone against discrimination on the basis of the protected characteristics set out i...

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