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NHS Trusts: Communication

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 December 2024UIN 19887

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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.

Answered by 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 sex, as defined as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010.

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