A group of clinicians has warned NHS bosses that they must remove “dehumanising” language such as “people with a vagina” and reinstate sex-based language in its cancer and pregnancy web pages.
In an open letter, the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) called on NHS bosses to put back the word “woman” in communications about women’s health.
The NHS had “desexed” some of its main sites on female medical conditions by using “inclusive” gender-neutral language that excludes the words “female” and “women.”
CAN-SG, a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, said they are concerned about changes to the NHS website which have removed “accurate and respectful terminology about women’s health.”…