Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 24 May (HL476 and HL475), how medical professionals are held to account for any negative consequences that arise from how they have recorded a patient’s gender.

All regulated healthcare professionals are required to register with the relevant professional regulator, such as the General Medical Council, in order to practice in the United Kingdom. These regulators determine the standards which registered professionals must meet and the professional values, knowledge, skills and behaviours required. Regulators are independent bodies and can take action to restrict the practise of healthcare professionals who fail to meet the expected standards.