This form of ‘gaslighting’ is part of a policy known as ‘Annex B’. The NHS accommodates patients by gender identity, not biological sex, and if a female patient complains that there is a man on her ward, she is to be told that this is not true; there are no men present. As the official NHS guidelines make clear: ‘Views of family members may not accord with the trans person’s wishes, in which case, the trans person’s view takes priority’. One cannot help but be reminded of Orwell’s words in Nineteen Eighty-Four: ‘The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their
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