Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8215

Health Services: Gender Recognition

Tabled: 9 October 2024

Answered: 3 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Tonia Antoniazzi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of gender-neutral language in (a) pregnancy services and (b) other sex-specific areas of healthcare on the standard of health care services pro

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no plans to make an assessment. The Government is clear that it expects health services to be delivered in line with the Equality Act 2010.