# BMA challenges NHS sex-based guidance and urges consultation on trans patients’ access

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/militant-doctors-union-criticises-nhs-single-sex-guidance-and-backs-hospitals-allowing-trans-women-on-to-female-wards/
- Published: 2026-10-22T17:42:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T17:52:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16230907/Militant-doctors-union-NHS-guidance-hospitals-trans-women.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Health, Medicine, UK, World

## Key points

- The BMA has challenged new NHS single-sex guidance.
- The rules say patients should be accommodated by biological sex.
- They exclude A&E, urgent treatment and paediatrics.

## Summary

The British Medical Association has criticised new NHS guidance requiring hospitals to accommodate patients according to biological sex, saying it could exclude transgender and non-binary staff and patients. The union supports access to NHS accommodation and services according to gender, and wants hospitals reviewing their policies to consult trade unions and trans and non-binary workers.

The guidance also requires staff to use changing rooms and toilets aligned with their birth sex. It follows an April 2025 Supreme Court ruling that “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to biological sex, and subsequent guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. It covers acute, mental health and community NHS trusts, and NHS-funded care in private settings, but excludes A&E, urgent treatment centres and paediatrics.

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