The NHS is to declare that sex is a matter of biology in a landmark shift against gender ideology, a government document has shown.
According to the government’s proposal, ‘transgender women’ (biological men) should not be put on single-sex female NHS wards.
The NHS constitution, a document that aims to set out the principles and values of the health service and legal rights for patients and staff, was last updated in 2015. It has to be updated at least every 10 years by the Secretary of State.
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said it was about making it clear that ‘sex matters’.
‘We want to make it abundantly clear that if a patient wants same-sex care, they should have access to it wherever reasonably possible,’ she said.
‘By putting this in the NHS Constitution, we’re highlighting the importance of balancing the rights and needs of all patients, to make a healthcare system that is faster, simpler and fairer to all.’
The Bible says,
Romans 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature.
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Same-sex accommodation v.s intimate care
For the first time, the proposal stress’ the importance of biological sex when it comes to same-sex accommodation and intimate care.
In both cases, the rights are available only where possible.
For instance, while same-sex accommodation rights have long been established, they can be breached in cases of urgent clinical necessity for admitting and treating patients. However, these rights do not extend to critical care or accident and emergency areas.
The proposed guidance also mean that ‘trans men’ should not be housed in single-sex male wards.
Meanwhile, in 2021, NHS guidance said trans patients could be placed in single-sex wards based on the gender with which they identified.
The Bible says,
Ezekiel 16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
‘Defining sex as biological sex’
The proposal states: ‘We are defining sex as biological sex’.
Under the new proposal, ‘transgender people’ whose gender identity differs from their biological sex, may be provided single rooms, where appropriate.
patients will have the right to request a person of the same biological sex delivers any intimate care.
‘Recognising the concerns that patients may have about sharing hospital accommodation with patients of the opposite sex, we propose to amend the pledge to reflect the legal position on the provision of same-sex services and on which transgender patients can be offered separate accommodation as a proportionate means to a legitimate aim’, the proposal added.
The Bible says,
Mark 10: 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
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The Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 expressly allows for the provision of single-sex or separate-sex services if certain conditions are met. It also allows for ‘transgender persons’ with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment to be provided a different service
Therefore the new proposal aim to include additional wording to the pledge on sleeping accommodation to state:
‘If you are admitted to hospital, you will not have to share sleeping accommodation with patients of the opposite biological sex, except where appropriate.
‘For example, a single room in a hospital – if it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim’.
Cass Review sparks health charter change
The changes to the constitution are a further indication of a change in attitudes after the Cass review into the NHS’s gender identity services found evidence that allowing children to change gender was built on weak foundations.
Dr Hilary Cass, a paediatrician, said allowing “social transitioning” for young people – when they are treated as the opposite gender – could “change their trajectory” and lead to them pursuing a potentially damaging medical pathway in later life.
The updates to the constitution will also include the introduction of a duty to help patients get back to work and embed “Martha’s Rule” into the framework of the health service.
Martha’s Rule
Martha’s rule enables patients and their families to seek an urgent independent clinical review of their/ a loved one’s condition if they feel their concerns are not being listened to by the treating team.
The Rule is empowering for patients and their families and provides an opportunity for them to be heard.
The rule came after Martha Mills died in 2021 after developing sepsis in hospital, where she had been admitted with a pancreatic injury after falling off her bike.
Martha’s family’s concerns about her deteriorating condition were not responded to, and in 2023 a coroner ruled that Martha would probably have survived had she been moved to intensive care earlier.
In response to this and other cases related to the management of deterioration, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and NHS England committed to implement ‘Martha’s Rule.
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Read and pray
READ: Exod 18:20; Deut 22:05; Judg 19:22; Romans 1:25-27; 1Cor 07:19; Gal 5:19; Col 3:5; 2Tim 2:19.
PRAY: for the repeal of woke laws.
Pray, and thank God for the NHS.
Pray for the wisdom of God upon policy makers in government and in the health sector.
Pray for our leaders to repent and seek the Lord.
Pray for what is hidden to be revealed, and go in to your child’s school and demand to see their policies on sex education and transgenderism.
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