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I have had an answer to my question "To ask Her Majesty's Government what policies the NHS has in place for patients who require to be treated and cared for by staff of a particular sex. " The key passage reads:
"[apart from the right to request a particular GP] National Health Service organisations set their own policies on patients’ ability to specify the gender of the staff treating them. ...
The General Medical Council guidance states that, when proposing to carry out an intimate examination, doctors should offer the patient the option of having a chaperone present wherever possible. This applies whether or not the doctor is the same gender as the patient."
I read this as saying that NHS patients have no effective right, in any circumstances, to choose a doctor of the same gender, let alone the same sex.
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