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Sex-based Data: Health and Social Care

Wednesday 15 May 2024 · 2 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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At a glance

Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Rosie Duffield asked the Minister about steps being taken to ensure health and social care providers collect sex-based data.
  • The Minister responded that NHS England plans to implement changes in national datasets to include sex and gender once the unified information standard for protected characteristics is approved.
  • The Minister agreed with Duffield that proper collection of sex-based data is vital for vulnerable women with learning disabilities to access same-sex care.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Rosie Duffield Ind Canterbury
NHS Women & Equalities
Context

The MP notes the need for health and social care providers to collect accurate sex-based data to ensure proper service delivery.

Question

What steps is she taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help ensure that health and social care providers collect sex-based data?

Answer from Maria Caulfield

NHS England plans to make further changes to reporting on sex and gender in national datasets once the unified information standard for protected characteristics has been approved and published. This will unify reporting on eight of the nine protected characteristics, including gender reassignment and sex.

Partly answered

Not addressed: The response did not specify any immediate steps or timelines for ensuring health and social care providers collect sex-based data.

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Q2 Rosie Duffield Ind Canterbury
NHS Women & Equalities
Context

The MP references a report by the Women's Rights Network and Jo Phoenix on rape and sexual assault in hospitals and care settings, highlighting the importance of collecting sex-based data for vulnerable women.

Question

Does she agree that the proper collection of data based on sex is vital for ensuring vulnerable women with learning disabilities can access same-sex care?

Answer from Maria Caulfield

The hon. Lady is absolutely right. We are currently consulting on the NHS constitution, which will give women not just the right to same-sex accommodation in hospitals, but the right to ask for someone of the same sex to conduct intimate examinations. There are safeguards, and we are looking at some of the incidents in trusts in order to better protect patients and staff.

Partly answered

Not addressed: The response did not provide a direct answer on whether data collection based on sex is vital for providing same-sex care or protecting vulnerable women.

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