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Health Services: Sexuality

Asked by Rebecca PaulConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 September 2026UIN 19679

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of complaints made to NHS bodies and healthcare professional regulators concerning alleged attempts by a healthcare professional to (a) change and (b) suppress a person’s (i) sexual orientation and (ii) transgender identity since 2018; and what the outcomes of those complaints were.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

The Department does not hold this data centrally.

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