Website of the Department of Health

Results

• 1. Gender identity

  About the Department's work on equality in relation to gender identity issues.

  26 June 2009

  Gender identity section

• 2. Guidance for GPs, other clinicians and health professionals on the care of gender variant people

  This publication is written by a team from the Gender Identity Research and Education Society. All the team members have specialist knowledge and experience in the transgender field.

  16 May 2008

  Publications section

• 3. Gender equality

  About the Department's work on gender equality, including guidance on developing Gender Equality Schemes.

  26 June 2009

  Gender equality section

• 4. Gender Equity Audit Report

  The Department of Health commissioned the Men's Health Forum to work with 5 PCTs to develop a tool to assist PCTs in providing gender sensitive services. PCTs will be able to identify where changes can be made and how to approach the implementation of the Gender Duty.

  8 June 2007

  Publications section

• 5. Creating a gender equality scheme: a practical guide for the NHS

  Best practice guidance on how the NHS can meet their statutory duty to promote gender equality.

  19 February 2007

  Publications section

• 6. Making gender matter in health care and health promotion report of a conference at the Forum Hotel, 23 September 1996

  The conference reported here sought to raise awareness of the importance of gender perspectives with NHS purchasers and providers, and considered cost-effective ways of making health services more sensitive to the differing needs of men and women. Papers discuss the research knowledge on gender differences in health, why and how gender makes a difference, its impact on the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness in primary care. The impact of gender issues for the acute hospital, in coronary heart disease, and in purchasing is also discussed. The conference highlighted the need for more research to ensure that the gender sensitive choices made about health promotion strategies, treatments and other services are good choices in terms of health outcomes, service quality, and patient satisfaction. Cites references at the end of each paper.

  1 January 1996

  Publications section

• 7. The Gender Equality Duty

  The Gender Equality Duty places a legal obligation on public authorities to promote equality of opportunity between men and women, and actively demonstrating that men and women are treated equally and fairly in the exercise of public functions.

  12 July 2007

  Gender equality section

• 8. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Advisory Group

  The Department of Health is currently working with LGBT stakeholders on the development of a sexual orientation and gender identity equality strategy. A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Advisory Group is assisting with this work, which is moving forward through three workstreams: health inequalties, better employment and transgender health.

  26 June 2009

  Sexual orientation section

• 9. Medical care for gender variant children and young people: answering families questions

  This publication provides answers to the questions typically asked by parents of gender variant children and young people (up to the age of 17). It helps families to understand about gender variance and gives some suggestions about how to respond.

  13 February 2008

  Publications section

• 10. The gender and access to health services study: final report

  The Department of Health commissioned the Men's Health Forum to undertake a study into the different ways women and men access health services with a view to providing an evidence base to help determine key gender health priorities for the Department and the NHS.

  18 December 2008

  Publications section

• 11. Mainstreaming gender and women's mental health: implementation guidance

  This guidance recommends a way forward for local planning processes for mental health and social care services and for the implementation of key areas for action to mainstream gender and women's mental health.

  23 September 2003

  Publications section

• 12. Women's health promotion a resource pack for health care purchasers and providers

  Designed for purchasers and providers this resource pack highlights the importance of gender in the planning and delivery of health care with the emphasis on promoting the health of women. It includes an overview of statistical information on women's health, highlighting the need for more gender awareness in the collection of routine health data. The extent to which gender issues have been incorporated into the Health of the Nation targets is examined. Papers then offer practical advice for ensuring gender awareness in the planning and commissioning of services, consider community based approaches to planning, targeting and delivering health promotion and education to women, and discuss gender perspectives in monitoring and evaluation. A guide to the use of the media to spotlight women's health concerns is included. The results of a survey to determine the range of women's health promotion projects undertaken in England and a directory of relevant organisations are also included.

  1 January 1996

  Publications section

• 13. the week: issue 114, 18 - 24 September 2009

  Published every Thursday, the week provides need-to-know news, consultations and events for chief executives and their teams. It provides links to more information and resources, highlighting areas for action.

  25 September 2009

  the week section

• 14. MISC (99)15: DH Annual Collection of Social Services staffing data (SSD001): position on ethnicity and gender data for the September 1999 collection

  Department of Health Circular

  16 March 1999

  Miscellaneous letters section

• 15. Cancer Reform Strategy Equality impact assessment

  This Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) sets out the current cancer inequalities and actions to reduce and eliminate these inequalities. It then assesses the policies set out in the Cancer Reform Strategy (CRS) for the differing impact they could conceivably have on different population groups. These groups are defined as Age, Disability, Gender, Race, Religion or Belief and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

  3 December 2007

  Publications section

• 16. The work of the Equality and Human Rights Group (EHRG)

  EHRG works across the six equality strands - race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation and gender identity, and religion and belief - and human rights.

  9 August 2007

  Equality, diversity and human rights section

• 17. Women's Mental Health : Into the Mainstream

  The aim of this consultation document is to provide information, to generate discussion, and to outline a direction to help achieve a mainstream approach to gender in mental health service organisation and delivery.

  1 October 2002

  Closed consultations section

• 18. A guide for young trans people in the UK

  This leaflet, by a group of young trans people aged between 15 and 22 in conjunction with Gendered Intelligence, aims to offer information to young people who know they are trans or are confused about or questioning their gender in any way, so as to help clarify some of their questions and offer them language to express themselves.

  30 April 2007

  Publications section

• 19. HSC 1998/134: Gender inequalities in nursing careers a research report from the Policy Studies Institute

  Department of Health document

  6 August 1998

  Health service circulars section

• 20. Disability equality and gender equality public sector duties: Secondee opportunity

  Letter from Surinder Sharma, National Director of Equality and Human Rights concerning a secondee opportunity in the Equality and Human Rights Group at the Department of Health.

  31 October 2005

  Dear colleague letters section