Dementia Patients Should Be Challenged on ‘Transphobia’: NHS Report

Dementia Patients Should Be Challenged on ‘Transphobia’: NHS Report
An elderly patient is moved from hospital to a care home near Portsmouth, England, on May 5, 2020. Leon Neal - Pool/Getty Images
Patricia Devlin
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Health bosses have been told that dementia patients should be challenged if they express “discriminatory” views towards transgender medical staff.

New NHS guidance on supporting trans and non-binary staff also states their relatives can be removed from health care settings if they do the same.

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