From the NHS to the police, how the obsession with gender captured the public sector

Instead of recording gender, many databases have numbers for gender identity. This cannot be used for anything, warns a report that calls for accurate information in health databases and criminal records.

From the NHS to the police, how the obsession with gender captured the public sector

Data collected by public bodies has been ‘corrupted’ as a result of conflating gender with sex, a report says, posing risks to individuals

NHS banned from changing children's gender on medical records after Wes Streeting slams it for being 'completely wrong'

The NHS has been banned from changing children's gender on their medical records after Wes Streeting slammed it for being "completely wrong".Ahead of the ban, there was no minimum age for a child's sex to be changed on their official records, a review found.In response, the Health Secretary declared the situation "completely wrong" and urged that "children's safety must come first" after a Government report pointed out "serious safeguarding conc…

Civil servants told to record 'vital' data on biological sex by No10

DOWNING Street yesterday demanded civil servants use “common sense” and record “vital” data on biological sex. It came after a damning report found cancer referrals and convictions were missed because sex was erased from government data. Prof Alice Sullivan found NHS patients can change gender on recordsRex No10 added: “This is particularly important when it comes to biological sex, for example in healthcare. “It’s just common sense.” Health Sec…

Flawed Biological Sex Data in Public Records Puts Health Care and Justice at Risk, Review Warns

Recording public sector data based on self-declared gender identity instead of biological sex could have serious implications for health care and criminal justice, an independent review has warned. The nationwide review, led by Professor Alice Sullivan of University College London, found that terms such as “sex” and “gender” are frequently used interchangeably, creating inconsistencies in how data in public bodies are collected and reported. Thi…

Independent Review Finds ‘Activist’ Civil Servants’ Refusal to Collect Sex Data Risks Lives

The government has just now published a review led by UCL's Professor Alice Sullivan into the state of UK statistical research into sex and gender. It has