18th May 2021
Mental Health Service Providers
Mental Health Service Providers
The Data Coordination Board has approved a change to the information standard for mental health for publication under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Until recently, a question asking for the individual’s “gender” gave two options - male and female. This section will now be renamed “gender identity”, with options such as “male including transman”, “female including transwoman”, “non-binary” and “other”. There will be a second question asking whether the current “gender identity” is the “same at birth”. Depending on how these questions are answered, it may not be possible to establish the individual’s sex.
Fair Play for Women have written to the Director General for the Office of Statistical Regulation to request an investigation into the process that led the Mental Health Services Data Set parameters being changed.
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