James Murray, Labour’s new Health Secretary, says he is reversing a previous statement in which he used the phrase “trans women are women.” He says he had considered the wording “in quite some detail” in relation to his remarks after a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. Murray’s current position, as reported, is that the NHS should protect single-sex spaces.
The reports describe him as pledging to safeguard such spaces within NHS services, while also addressing how he now views his earlier language. The accounts focus on the contrast between his earlier comments and his current commitments, citing his reflection on the context in which he used the phrase following last year’s Supreme Court decision.
Overall, the coverage presents the change as a clarification of policy and terminology rather than an announcement of a specific new legal or legislative measure, emphasizing the Health Secretary’s stated aim to ensure that single-sex areas remain protected within healthcare provision.
