GP surgery faced fierce backlash today over its registration form — which asks parents whether their newborns are trans or non-binary.
The practice in Birmingham also offers parents the choice of registering their baby’s gender as ‘other’ or ‘not stated’.
Woodgate Valley Health Centre insisted the form was used by new patients of all ages wishing to register, not just newborns.
MailOnline understands the form is not part of national NHS policy. Instead each surgery can decide to add extra gender options to their forms.
Taking to Twitter, one woman attached a screenshot of the registration form that a friend who had recently given birth was presented with.
Under its gender options, the surgery offers ‘male (including trans man)’, ‘female (including trans woman)’, ‘non-binary’, ‘other (not listed)’ or ‘not stated’.
The post sparked backlash among social media users, with one claiming ‘that’s insane’.
Another labelled the move ‘beyond out of control’.
A third user commented: ‘How on earth can a baby express any opinion on their “gender identity”?’ ludicrous