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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Health minister says Stonewall should not write gender policies for NHS bodies

Will Quince said there was a danger of ‘ideology’ coming before the concerns of patients and staff.
Will Quince said there was a danger of ‘ideology’ coming before the concerns of patients and staff. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Stonewall has defended its work with public bodies after a health minister said that the charity should not be allowed to write gender policies for NHS organisations.

The health minister Will Quince said on Tuesday that NHS trusts should develop their own policies “without the help of organisations like Stonewall”, claiming that there was a danger of “ideology” coming before the concerns of patients and staff.

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