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  "id": 14756383,
  "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",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-15T16:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/transgender-patients-to-be-placed-on-wards-according-to-their-birth-sex-nhs-england-decides-13599697"
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  "summary": "Transgender patients should placed on hospital wards according to their birth sex rather than their gender identity, according to new guidance.",
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    "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": "Guardian Health",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-15T17:15:01.000Z"
      }
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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."
}