UK doctors have to ask men if they are pregnant

[TheButcher]

I don't know if I should laugh or cry.



"NHS radiographers have been told to ask men if they are pregnant before carrying out x-rays.

All patients aged between 12 and 55 at several hospitals must be questioned on their status, regardless of their sex, guidance states.

Under the inclusivity guidance, staff are instructed to consider non-binary, transgender and intersex patients by not making assumptions about them.

It follows an incident in which an unknowingly pregnant trans man had a CT scan.

The personal question had left some women in tears, while some men have stormed out of appointments, radiologists have said.

The guidance has also seen patients asked to fill out forms stating their sex at birth as well as their preferred name and pronouns, the Telegraph reported.

Campaigners have called on NHS Trusts to scrap the 'humiliating' practices, which say have left women embarrassed by having to explain why they were not able to become pregnant.

The probing question could also remind patients of traumatic experiences they may have had, such as a miscarriage.

Other patients have simply been left shocked that their sex was not obvious to staff.

One patient due to have urgent cancer pathway was so angered by the inclusivity questions he left the appointment, a radiologist said.

Another patient who was having scans every day for a week, began to doubt themselves after being quizzed about their identity before each check."





https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... dures.html

[tacnet]

sounds like a typical Daily Mail headline LOL

[TheButcher]

sounds like a typical Daily Mail headline LOL

Also on

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/19346 ... nant-x-ray

"NHS guidance says staff should ask men if they're pregnant ahead of X-rays"





https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nhs-tells-sta ... 16978.html

"Evening Standard

"NHS tells staff to ask men if they're pregnant before X-rays as part of 'inclusivity' drive
Sami Quadri
Sun, 11 August 2024 at 3:06 am GMT-4·1-min read"






https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nhs- ... 75868.html

"NHS tells staff to ask men if they're pregnant before X-rays as part of 'inclusivity' drive"



And a few more places, it's true.

[AdultBoost]

This is funny

[Affman]

Can't doctors tell without asking?

[BrasSmonkey]

Can't doctors tell without asking?

they are asking because people are running around saying they are guys. some mystery they end up pregnant

[jag]

UK has gone woke like the rest of western Europe.

[Boner]

Hilarious.

[XpressPete]

Do they ask women to get a prostate exam in the UK?

[BarbaraCum]

I don't know if I should laugh or cry.



"The guidance has also seen patients asked to fill out forms stating their sex at birth as well as their preferred name and pronouns, the Telegraph reported."





https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... dures.html

That I agree with it makes things simpler for the doctor treating the patent.

[born2bewild]

What percentage of Uk are transgender?

[Matty2]

One of the many reasons I am happy to be a man , carrying a baby inside you for 9 months is tough,having the baby is scary. I could never have kids if I was a woman.

[TheButcher]

One of the many reasons I am happy to be a man , carrying a baby inside you for 9 months is tough,having the baby is scary. I could never have kids if I was a woman.

Watching the dragon do make up and her hair before going out gives me that sentiment too

[T.B.W]

What they teaching at medical schools over there?

[britporn_mike]

What they teaching at medical schools over there?

Do not blame doctors