One might reasonably assume that NHS employees would consider biological sex to be extremely important. After all, there are huge differences in male and female bodies and their functions. The type of illnesses we are prone to can be affected by whether a patient is male or female. Women and men also have different reproductive organs and, as a result, fertility issues may vary depending on a patient’s sex. But this knowledge of male and female physiology can sometimes appear to matter less than being patted on the head by Stonewall, the gay rights charity turned transactivist cult.

How much more harm can Stonewall do before it finally gets the comeuppance it deserves?

So desperate were the big guns at NHS England to be included in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers that, in its recent application, it stated its menopause policy is ‘LGBT inclusive’ and had been improved to support ‘trans and non-binary employees’. ‘It is important to acknowledge that transgender, non-binary and intersex workers may also experience the menopause,’ according to the NHS England. Really?

Only women experience menopause. Only females get pregnant. As ever, the feelings of men that claim to be women have been placed high above actual women, even when it comes to our healthcare.

How exactly did the NHS, at a time when it is literally on its knees, end up being concerned about what Stonewall thinks of them? Surely the priority for the NHS should be treating patients – not worrying about making the cut in Stonewall’s ludicrous league table?

The NHS’s boasting about its menopause police isn’t the only worrying indication that our health service has got its priorities all wrong. It was revealed this week that its domestic abuse policy for staff used ‘gender-neutral language’ and did not include the words ‘woman’ or ‘women’.

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Why does the NHS care what Stonewall thinks of it?

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03.02.2024

One might reasonably assume that NHS employees would consider biological sex to be extremely important. After all, there are huge differences in male and female bodies and their functions. The type of illnesses we are prone to can be affected by whether a patient is male or female. Women and men also have different reproductive organs and, as a result, fertility issues may vary depending on a patient’s sex. But this knowledge of male and female physiology can........

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