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Title: NHS slammed over trans abuse
Post by: LostInTime on February 14, 2007, 09:19:28 AM
Post by: LostInTime on February 14, 2007, 09:19:28 AM
Link (http://uk.gay.com/headlines/11056)
Derbyshire nurse and psychotherapist Janet Smith told the Nursing Standard that NHS service providers are often insensitive to health issues regarding gender and sexuality.
"There are staff who deny [that] they have any lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender clients on the grounds that their service is for older people," Smith says.
Smith cited the story of Karen, a post-op transsexual, whose confidentiality was broken at the GP practice, revealing details of the procedure to her former partner.
Derbyshire nurse and psychotherapist Janet Smith told the Nursing Standard that NHS service providers are often insensitive to health issues regarding gender and sexuality.
"There are staff who deny [that] they have any lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender clients on the grounds that their service is for older people," Smith says.
Smith cited the story of Karen, a post-op transsexual, whose confidentiality was broken at the GP practice, revealing details of the procedure to her former partner.