NHS chiefs have been forced to scrap controversial 'pro-trans' guidance which allowed people to use toilets and changing rooms based on their self-identified gender - after the Supreme Court ruled such advice was effectively unlawful.
The NHS Confederation, which represents health trusts across the country, has quietly withdrawn the document from its website after judges confirmed the term sex in the Equality Act refers to biological sex, not gender identity.
The landmark ruling, made in April, means that trans women – who were born male – must now use male toilets and changing rooms, contradicting earlier guidance used across much of the public sector, including hospitals.
The withdrawn guide had instructed NHS staff to allow trans and non-binary people to access facilities in line with their gender identity, not their sex at birth.
But campaigners and women's rights groups have slammed the policy as dangerous, and are now demanding a full apology.
