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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Health Services: Women more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their policy for the NHS to refer to "people who have ovaries" rather than "women" and whether this phraseology has been market tested with women, including those for whom English is a second language, to ensure that it is fully understood. more like this
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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-26more like thismore than 2024-04-26
answer text <p>It is not Government policy for the National Health Service to refer to ‘people who have ovaries’ and this phraseology has not been market tested. We have been clear that biological sex matters and it is important to use language that recognises the separate health and biological needs of men and women.</p><p>For all sex-specific conditions, we expect the language used to put biological sex, for example “women”, front and centre, with biologically-relevant information relating to specific organs or hormones secondary.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Markham more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-26T11:09:53.75Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-26T11:09:53.75Z
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label Biography information for Lord Markham more like this
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label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town more like this