Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 427-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
– As of 01/03/24, how many inpatients at psychiatric hospitals operated by your trust are transgender, or identify as a different sex to the sex assigned to them at birth?
Because numbers are small and to prevent potential identification of patients there were less than 5 inpatients in units operated by the Trust who were transgender or identified as a different sex to the sex assigned at birth.
– Please provide your guidance on transgender inpatients, including the contact they are allowed with other patients, and whether they are treated on wards that correspond with the gender they identify as, or the gender they were assigned at birth.
All patients have single sex bedroom areas including en-suite facilities and assigned electronic access control to their own rooms.
Individuals are not segregated on the basis of gender. The Trust also has a sexual safety policy which may be relevant.
FOI Request
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. As of 01/03/24, how many inpatients at psychiatric hospitals operated by your trust are transgender, or identify as a different sex to the sex assigned to them at birth?
2. Please provide your guidance on transgender inpatients, including the contact they are allowed with other patients, and whether they are treated on wards that correspond with the gender they identify as, or the gender they were assigned at birth.