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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Aine Fox

Trans women barred from female hospital wards under new NHS guidance

Updated NHS England guidance has confirmed that transgender patients are to be placed on hospital wards matching their birth sex rather than their gender identity.

The move allows hospitals to lawfully ban trans women from female wards and exclude trans men from male wards, and has been criticised by trans rights groups who say it will “push trans people away from accessing care”.

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