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Read More…: Peggie v RCN: “I want this to be a wake-up call”
This is an expanded and re-edited version of the interview which appeared in the Sunday Times on 20 September: Although she seems a little weary when we speak, there’s a certain steel about Sandie Peggie. “I do feel like a poster girl,” she says. “I’m kind of glad that I’m at the forefront of it.” It requires some explanation. Three years ago Peggie, a senior nurse, objected to a male doctor, Beth Upton, using a female changing room at the A&E department in the NHS hospital in Kirkcaldy where they both worked. After a confrontation between Peggie and the transgender doctor just…
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Read More…: NHS Wales to review “paused” surgeries by Christmas
Around sixty people whose gender surgeries were cancelled by NHS Wales are expected to have an investigation into the necessity of those surgeries completed by the end of December. NHS Wales is currently undertaking an “urgent independent clinical review” of all patients on the Welsh Gender Service surgery waiting lists…
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Former Gender Clinician: “It’s pseudo-medicine”
Read More…: Former Gender Clinician: “It’s pseudo-medicine”Shortly after publishing the piece which flagged the Welsh Gender Service as a potential Service of Concern (now a fully fledged Actual Concern) I received…
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A transsexual writes…
Read More…: A transsexual writes…Over the past couple of years I’ve been corresponding with a couple of older male transsexuals. They are courteous types who have watched in horror…
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BBC Gender Apology Row
Read More…: BBC Gender Apology RowNow they’re in trouble. I am not a defund the BBC sort, but I can understand the frustrations of those who are. I have spoken…
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WGS surgery referral free-for-all
Read More…: WGS surgery referral free-for-allOn Tuesday this week, 29 year old Sion Jewell told the BBC about the cancellation of her double mastectomy. “It was just the most heartbreaking…
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Bash Back Threaten NHS Staff
Read More…: Bash Back Threaten NHS StaffOn Friday, NHS Wales confirmed they had cancelled all scheduled surgeries and paused all surgery referrals made by the Welsh Gender Service, pending an investigation.…
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Welsh Gender Surgeries Could Be Stopped
Read More…: Welsh Gender Surgeries Could Be StoppedOn Monday, NHS Wales joint commissioning body’s Quality, Safety and Outcomes committee met to discuss the Welsh Gender Service. Last week this website revealed that…
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Amnesty’s “anti-rights” author is back!
Read More…: Amnesty’s “anti-rights” author is back!… and she’s speaking at the Lib Dem conference. The author of a withdrawn report which still might get Amnesty International sued is speaking at…
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Welsh gender clinic “potential Service of Concern”
Read More…: Welsh gender clinic “potential Service of Concern”… but the surgery referrals won’t stop. The Welsh Gender Service (WGS) has been described as a “potential Service of Concern” in an internal NHS…
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