At an NHS patient consultation meeting about its workforce EDI Plan, almost all of us were sex realists - a joy. Admonished for bringing up gender so often, we explained the escalating impact of sex deception on women. There were finally spontaneous impassioned speeches from 2. brilliant women:
“Men’s wishes are used to oppress women like me, who know that sex is real!
“I don’t feel “included,” labelled a bigot for wanting a female carer!”
A senior A&E doctor emphasised that patient safety supersedes EDI - yet is compromised by falsification of

Julie Bindel is talking about a rapist acquitted after deception and date rape in halls of residence because he was trans identified. It was insisted in court that he was a lesbian, that the victim, a student, called him she. A “woman” with a raping penis. State sanctioned rape. Meanwhile, drumming overhead for the last hour; chanting, shouting, fake sirens; people waiting outside for us to come out, protesting that lesbians are meeting without men present. They have come to violate our space and “teach” us a lesson in compliance.
#TheLesbianProject

@marstrina @bindelj “Why this?”
Did you expect me to actively fight against FGM, femicide, child marriage, trafficking, while looking after all my patients, sick parents and my son as a single parent? I had no ivory tower from which to petition the world’s patriarchy, little energy left to @marstrina @bindelj write articles, after days on my ward deep in the striving and despair of broken people; and my hands prefer to swab their bodily fluids than wield a pen. Someone has to, yes? A hospital full of journalists would fail to meet people’s needs. I repudiate your attempt to shame me

@Jenmccarey @hen10freeman @GrimDay70 @Tiff_Weather @PaulJSweeney @MonicaLennon7 @CMochan @GlasgowPam @LabourMercedes I’ll refer you to to the Health and Care Act 2022, which sets out Fundamental Standards “below which care must never fall”.
person-centred care; dignity, respect and privacy: safety: safeguarding from abuse: duty of candour. These were written in response to the Francis Report @Jenmccarey @hen10freeman @GrimDay70 @Tiff_Weather @PaulJSweeney @MonicaLennon7 @CMochan @GlasgowPam @LabourMercedes into the Mid-Staffs scandal. There are many examples of men abusing disabled women in healthcare; in my own Trust our Safeguarding Head confirms it is a regular occurrence, showed me the 2022 report. It is not just safety but privacy and dignity that must be patients’ choice. 3.