Tag: Health Secretary

Press photo of Sajid Javid MP, a candidate in the tory leadership race

Frightening law change; Sajid Javid to invade medical confidentiality for 1000s of children

Articles posted to The Daily Mail and The Times are making claims that Health Secretary Sajid Javid is looking to change the law regarding record keeping for trans patients with the NHS. This is allegedly an attempt to aid in the ongoing Cass Review
Press photo of Sajid Javid MP, a candidate in the tory leadership race

UK Health Secretary, Sajid Javid; “it’s important that words like women and men are...

The fact that transgender men and nonbinary people exist (and in the case of the former can have legal recognition of that fact) is enough to warrant the use of inclusive language. It's not about beliefs or about ideologies, its about ensuring that people get the care they need and that requires going beyond primitive views of 'basic biology'.