Health and social care and LGBT communities examined

Women and Equalities Committee explores how frontline services can be more inclusive to LGBT people

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UK ParliamentUK Parliament
URL: 
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-committee/news-parliament-2017/health-social-care-lgbt-evidence-17-19/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-committee/news-parliament-2017/health-social-care-lgbt-evidence-17-19/
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Saturday, April 27, 2019
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Tags: 
Human sexuality, LGBT, Gender, Acronyms, Bisexuality, Initialisms, Lesbianism, Transgender
Summary
Key Points: 
  • The Women and Equalities Committee holds first evidence session on its inquiry into Health and social care and LGBT communities.
  • Evidence shows that health outcomes are generally worse for LGBT people than for the rest of the population.
  • Over 60 written evidence submissions to the inquiry , have provided a range of insights into the problems associated with LGBT people self-excluding from health and social care services or failing to access the support that they need due to poor experiences - or the fear of poor experiences.
  • This first session seeks to explore how frontline services can be more inclusive to LGBT people.
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