Leaked NHS Trust document likens people who are worried using same-sex toilets to racists

A leaked NHS Trust document has likened people who are uncomfortable using same-sex toilets to racists.

The set of guidelines is said to have come from Cambridge University Hospitals, which is a family of hospitals comprising Addenbrooke's and The Rosie.

The trust claims it will not 'adapt practice' due to transphobia regarding same-sex toilets, changing facilities and accommodation. 

The document, which was obtained by The Sun, reads: 'Just as the trust will not adapt practice in light of racist concerns expressed as discomfort, so the trust will not adapt practice in light of transphobic concerns expressed as discomfort.

'This will include such things as use of toilets, changing facilities, and same sex accommodation.'

This comes after it was revealed NHS trusts were paying over £4,000 each to send senior staff on equality, diversity and inclusion training course.

The programme is run by the NHS Confederation, the leading healthcare membership body, but it is charging members, including NHS trusts and integrated care systems, £3,500+VAT to enrol managers on its four-and-a-half day course.

It says participants will be supported to 'build a national profile' for the EDI agenda and 'collectivise their interests' to 'influence decision makers'.

The Department of Health has revealed it is looking into the claims made by Cambridge University Hospitals.

A spokesperson for the trust told the publication: 'Our aim is to establish a fully inclusive environment.'

In January it was also revealed that one of the country's busiest NHS trusts sparked alarm after unveiling plans to rake in more cash from private patients.

With the goal of creating an 'income generation source', Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) wants to rent out its facilities to a private provider to treat patients willing to pay.

Trust bosses insisted the controversial plan would allow money 'to be reinvested in NHS staff, care and services', MailOnline revealed.

But campaigners, union chiefs, and MPs have attacked the proposal, warning that it could lead to a 'two-tier' health service and worsen existing backlogs faced by NHS patients.

Dr John Puntis, co-chair of the Keep Our NHS Public campaign group, said: 'Patients without the funds to afford private treatment (the vast majority) will be particularly aggrieved by what they perceive as queue jumping.'