{
  "id": 14752712,
  "title": "Trans women no longer to be placed on female-only wards under new NHS England guidance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trans-women-no-longer-to-be-placed-on-female-only-wards-under-new-nhs",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-15T17:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/15/trans-women-no-longer-to-be-placed-on-female-only-wards-under-new-nhs-england-guidance"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rules mean single-sex wards, toilets and changing rooms will now be used by people based on their biological sex Trans women will no longer be placed on female-only wards under new NHS England guidance on single-sex spaces. The new rules, published on Thursday, mean single-sex wards, toilets and changing rooms will be used by people based on their biological sex, not their gender identity.…",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Trans people should use hospital spaces according to biological sex, NHS England says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trans-people-should-use-hospital-spaces-according-to-biological-sex",
        "published": "2026-10-15T14:55:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Trans patients to be placed on wards according to their birth sex in England",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trans-patients-to-be-placed-on-wards-according-to-their-birth-sex-in",
        "published": "2026-10-15T16:23:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}