FOI_8119

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8119

Date Request Received: 22/08/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 06/09/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Policies relating to transgender patients

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Any policy relating to the care or treatment of transgender patients whilst inpatient including bed/ward allocation,

Answer To Question 1: https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/CLINICAL/content/clinical-eliminating-mixed-sex-accommodation-guidance https://viewer.microguide.global/S/A/SALIS/Mixed%20sex

Question Number 2: Any policy relating to the care or treatment of transgender patients whilst outpatient,

Answer To Question 2: No policy regarding treatment of transgender patients in outpatients

Question Number 3: Any policy relating to the updating of patient records for transgender patients when they change name and/or sex marker,

Answer To Question 3: Patient records are updated once the new NHS number has been issued. As our PAS system Lorenzo is lined to the PDS our system will mirror the GP information

Question Number 4: Any policy relating to the issuance of a new hospital number for transgender patients when they update their listed sex via the process set out by PCSE,

Answer To Question 4: The Trust don’t routinely issue new hospital numbers for transgender patients

Question Number 5: Any policy relating to the updating and redaction of patient records for transgender patients when they are issued a new NHS Number by PCSE,

Answer To Question 5: The Trust wouldn’t redact any information unless requested to do so

Question Number 6: Any policy regarding post NHS number/name-change clinical notes and communications regarding transgender patients, such as guidance as to when it is clinically appropriate to mention that a patient is transgender, including any policy statements relating to staff awareness of section 22 of the gender recognition act 2004.

Answer To Question 6: No Policy

Question Number 7: Also, can you confirm if the trust has any plans to update any of the above policies in the near future?

Answer To Question 7: The Trust are currently awaiting NHS guidance

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