{"id":142766,"date":"2023-09-07T00:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=142766"},"modified":"2023-09-07T00:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:59:16","slug":"doctors-at-childrens-hospital-are-advised-not-to-say-boys-and-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/doctors-at-childrens-hospital-are-advised-not-to-say-boys-and-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors at children&apos;s hospital are advised not to say &apos;boys and girls&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Now woke doctors at Great Ormond Street Children&#8217;s Hospital are &#8216;told not to say boys and girls&#8217; as it could make patients feel &#8216;disrespected and alienated&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Great Ormond Street Hospital says the guidance is not official hospital policy\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Doctors and staff at a world-renowned children&#8217;s hospital have been advised to &#8216;stop using gendered language&#8217; as it could make\u00a0patients feel &#8216;disrespected and alienated&#8217;, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>The woke\u00a0guidance issued at\u00a0Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London\u00a0urges staff to refrain from using the words\u00a0&#8216;guys&#8217;, &#8216;girls&#8217;, &#8216;boys&#8217;, &#8216;ladies&#8217;, &#8216;gents&#8217;, &#8216;dudes,&#8217; and more when addressing others, The Telegraph reported.<\/p>\n<p>Staff are instead\u00a0advised to use terms that are more\u00a0gender-neutral, such as &#8216;team&#8217;, &#8216;all&#8217;, or &#8216;everyone&#8217;. They are also warned that deliberately misgendering a colleague could be considered &#8216;harassment&#8217; and are\u00a0encouraged to take time to &#8216;understand more about others&#8217; pronouns and how you can be an ally&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance, which was written by members of GOSH&#8217;s\u00a0LGBTQ+ community, is understood to not be part of the hospital&#8217;s official policy, although employees are urged to read the document &#8211; which is posted on the official intranet site.<\/p>\n<p>The document comes just months after Health Secretary Steve Barclay ordered an investigation into new taxpayer-funded guidelines that instructed NHS staff to treat all patients as gender-neutral.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/00\/75146355-12489393-image-m-45_1694042498230.jpg\" height=\"362\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Doctors and staff at\u00a0Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London have been urged to refrain from using the words &#8216;guys&#8217;, &#8216;girls&#8217;, &#8216;boys&#8217;, &#8216;ladies&#8217;, &#8216;gents&#8217;, &#8216;dudes,&#8217; and more when addressing people. Pictured:\u00a0Exterior of Great Ormond Street Hospital<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/00\/75146351-12489393-The_guidance_comes_just_months_after_Health_Secretary_Steve_Barc-m-49_1694042698455.jpg\" height=\"624\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The guidance\u00a0comes just months after Health Secretary Steve Barclay (pictured Tuesday) ordered an investigation into new taxpayer-funded guidelines that instructed NHS staff to treat all patients as gender-neutral.<\/p>\n<p>The new guidance,\u00a0entitled &#8216;Using Pronouns at GOSH&#8217;, aims to help staff navigate what could allegedly be considered a &#8216;complex landscape&#8217; with patients.<\/p>\n<p>The document\u00a0suggests that using the wrong pronouns could make patients\u00a0feel &#8216;disrespected, invalidated, dismissed, triggered, alienated, or often, all of these things&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It urges doctors and staff to avoid making assumptions about gender and to ask which pronouns others prefer.<\/p>\n<p>According to the newspaper, the document suggests saying: &#8216;My name is (NAME), and my pronouns are she and her. What about you?&#8217; or &#8216;What pronouns do you use?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The guidance also warns that intentionally using the wrong gender for fellow staff is considered\u00a0&#8216;acting in a harassing and\/or discriminatory manner and may be subject to disciplinary procedures&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Critics allege the guidance is &#8216;pressuring staff&#8217; to adapt &#8216;highly contentious&#8217; beliefs that could be &#8216;children&#8217;s long-term wellbeing&#8217;. It was also argued that a children&#8217;s hospital is &#8216;no place for lectures on gender identity&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But GOSH believes the guidance can help foster a work environment that makes all staff feel respected for &#8216;who they are&#8217; and &#8216;the job they do&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A hospital spokesperson told the Telegraph:\u00a0&#8216;Anyone discriminating against another individual on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or any other protected characteristic will be addressed via our official Dignity at Work policy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has approached the hospital for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/00\/75146389-12489393-image-a-48_1694042620280.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The new guidance, entitled &#8216;Using Pronouns at GOSH&#8217;, aims to help staff navigate what could allegedly be considered a &#8216;complex landscape&#8217; with patients. The document suggests that using the wrong pronouns could make patients feel &#8216;disrespected, invalidated, dismissed, triggered, alienated, or often, all of these things&#8217; (stock photo)<\/p>\n<p>In February, Mr Barclay\u00a0launched an investigation\u00a0after learning taxpayers had funded an NHS guide to &#8216;inclusive communication&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance\u00a0instructs doctors and nurses not to use phrases such as &#8216;Mr&#8217; and &#8216;Mrs&#8217; or &#8216;he&#8217; and &#8216;she&#8217; until a patient has confirmed their gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>And they are told to consider that this may have changed since the individual&#8217;s last appointment \u2013 even if they see them regularly.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-page document features a foreword by Dr Michael Brady, national adviser for LGBT health at NHS England, who describes it as a &#8216;must read&#8217; for all health and social\u00a0care professionals.<\/p>\n<p>It was produced by researchers who received a \u00a3164,964 government grant to study how clinicians could improve their communication with LGBT patients and present their findings as &#8216;evidence-based guidance&#8217; for them to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Critics questioned why civil servants had considered it a better use of funds than providing more operations or ambulances.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health warned that removing gendered language risked &#8216;unintended adverse health consequences&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The National Institute for Health and Care Research, which bankrolled the research and guidance, is one of the UK&#8217;s largest funders of health and care research and is funded directly by the Department of Health and Social Care.<\/p>\n<p>It is headed by the Department&#8217;s chief scientific advisor and tasked with funding research that makes the health and social care system more &#8216;efficient, effective and safe&#8217;. Doctors are expected to keep up to date with its published findings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12489393\/London-childrens-hospital-woke-language.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now woke doctors at Great Ormond Street Children&#8217;s Hospital are &#8216;told not to say boys and girls&#8217; as it could make patients feel &#8216;disrespected and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doctors at children&amp;apos;s hospital are advised not to say &amp;apos;boys and girls&amp;apos; - Celebrity WShow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/doctors-at-childrens-hospital-are-advised-not-to-say-boys-and-girls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctors at children&amp;apos;s hospital are advised not to say &amp;apos;boys and girls&amp;apos; 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