According to a recent study, the NHS fails to provide sufficient care to women lesbians and bisexuals. The studies, prescription for change, were undertaken by rights degli'omosessuali that the organisation Stonewall and De Montfort University. They examined over 6,000 lesbians and bisexual women on Health, which conducts the largest survey of its kind outside the USA The survey found that health workers BRITISH have little knowledge of lesbian and bisexual sexual practices, which alienates women lesbians and bisexual and may lead to their circumstances that are poorly diagnosed or has left untreated. Indeed, one participant - Maya, dall'ovest the south - those of health workers has just assumed that he was heterosexual. He explained: "The health workers who are continually admit heterosexual and that made the inappropriate questions about my relationship. I talked often about safe sex and pregnancy unable to attend without being given a chance to say that I do not sleep with men anymore. " Although it was illegal to discriminate against women, lesbians and bisexuals to the extent of public service since 2007, the survey found that only 49% of people interviewed didn 't quit their GP due to concerns of distinction . One in ten lesbici and bisexual women said to the investigation which I left to a worker health, but were ignored or rejected when they have been done. The survey found that four percent of lesbians and bisexual women were said by their doctor that didn 't need to be proved sexual - transmitted infections. Despite this, one quarter of women examined verified sexual positive for the infection transmitted from a - in the past. Apart from this, one in five lesbici and bisexual women were those who didn 't need proof of deburring. This is not true and has led to a five lesbici and bisexual women who think wrongly that they are not at risk of developing cervical cancer. Stonewall 'the principal executive Ben Summerskill s said of the results: "Alberini lesbici and gai fund 60,000 taxpayers with the NHS, however, with the profound exception of men' gay; sexual health s, their specific needs of health is almost invisible. " To improve the current NHS service for lesbians and bisexual women, the survey suggested that the NHS should be given regular training to its workers and health and to ensure that stopped making the assumptions that all women are heterosexual. Apart from this, one of the survey 's participants - Tola, from London - believes that simply by attacking on & lsquo; posters and pamphlets in gay-friendly hospitals and clinics and information on specific GP gay and bisexual services & # 039 of lesbian and might make a difference to lesbian and bisexual women by making them feel more accepted. Source: Pink News

Sarah Hyllok