Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 45763
Hospital Wards: Women
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025
Question
Dr Caroline Johnson
Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that biological women can access single-sex healthcare provision in NHS hospital wards.
Answer
Karin SmythWe have always supported the protection of single-sex spaces based on biological sex. The Supreme Court ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Acy 2010 case has provided much needed confidence and clarity to service providers.The National Healt...
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