Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19887

NHS Trusts: Communication

Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has written to NHS Trusts on the use of sex-specific language in NHS guidance.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has not written to the National Health Service trusts on the use of sex-specific language in NHS guidance. The Government understands the need for health information to be as clear as possible and to use language that appropriately reflects...
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