Wes Streeting wants 'private spaces for trans people to be cared for in NHS hospitals' after Supreme Court ruling on women caused 'palpable anxiety'

Wes Streeting wants 'private spaces for trans people to be cared for in NHS hospitals' after Supreme Court ruling on women caused 'palpable anxiety'

The health secretary said transgender people could be treated in private rooms and admitted wishing he had listened earlier to the debate around single-sex spaces.

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