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The NHS has rebuffed a demand to note patients’ preferred pronouns and trans status on their medical records.
A report by the London Assembly’s health committee says trans and gender-diverse patients are being failed by a lack of NHS data on gender identity.
Some experience ‘misgendering, micro-aggressions, and misunderstanding’ and may be deterred from booking an appointment, it adds.
The report found that 70 per cent of trans people had experienced discrimination from their primary care provider, with 14 per cent claiming they were refused GP care because they were trans.
Incorrect medical records that fail to take account of patients’ individual circumstances may result in a trans patient missing out on life-saving tests, it warns.
The NHS said it 'currently does not have any plans' to add patients' pronouns or trans status to medical records, despite calls from the London Assembly
This is because the way gender is noted in GP records determines who is automatically invited for screening, including for breast and cervical cancer.
An NHS spokesman said: ‘The NHS does
