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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

NHS period website omits word ‘girls’ amid health service’s bid for inclusivity

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An NHS website aimed at providing guidance on menstruation has removed the word “girls” from its pages.

Bloody Brilliant, a period information website that was created for NHS Wales and the Welsh government last August, now refers to those with periods as “young people who bleed” and “half the world’s population”.

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