The document states: “Some people may refer to their ‘chest’ and ‘chestfeeding’ rather than their ‘breasts’ and ‘breastfeeding’.”
It adds that staff can use the term woman, but should use more inclusive language such as “people” and says: “As midwives and birth workers, we focus on improving access and health outcomes for marginalised and disadvantaged groups.
“Women are frequently disadvantaged in healthcare, as are trans and non-binary people.”
Midwives are being advised to use gender-neutral language around transgender and non-binary patients (Image: Getty )
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Campaign group TransActual said: “Let’s hope many more trusts follow suit.” Carolyn Morrice, Brighton and Sussex Hospitals’ Chief Nurse, said: “Changing the language we use in this way is something people who use our services have been asking for, for some time.
A hospital system of the U.K.'s National Health Service has adopted terms like "chestfeeding" and "human milk" during perinatal services in order to be more inclusive of trans and non-binary "birthing people."
Meanwhile the new Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccines have reached our hospital sites today, and the first doses will be given on Monday. It was reported that as many as a million doses of the cheaper vaccine could be made available every week. The Royal Sussex County Hospital s chief nurse Carolyn Morrice previously said the introduction of the vaccination centre was an incredible morale boost . She said it was important for the hospital to seek ways to better protect its patients, as well as treat them. And actually it s taking a toll on us personally, where we are always, at the back of our minds, a little bit worried, she said. Could we cause harm to our loved ones because we work in such a high-risk environment?