Hospital patients treated by women doctors are ‘less likely to die’
by The Independent
The Independent— ‘What our findings indicate is that female and male physicians practice medicine differently, and these differences have a meaningful impact on patients’ health outcomes,’ professor says
The Scottish Sun—Being treated by a female doctor means you’re ‘less likely to die’ or end up back in hospital. YOU’RE less likely to die if you’re seen to by a female doctor, a study has found. The outcomes of more than 700,000 over 65s who were hospitalised were studied by US and Japanese researchers
Daily Mail—Patients who ask for same-sex doctors should not be treated like racists, Health Secretary warns -. Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has proposed changes to the NHS constitution to give women the right to request to be treated by a doctor of the same sex.
dailym.ai—NHS set to ban trans women from female-only wards under plans put forward by ministers that will also mean women patients can ask for a female doctor. New version of NHS Constitution ensures women-only spaces are protected. Patients can request a doctor of the same biological sex for 'intimate care'. Trans patients will have own private spaces where hospital can provide them