Lesbians are sick
Well sicker than they could be because the NHS doesn’t look after their particular needs.
A survey of more than 6,000 lesbian and bisexual women, by charity Stonewall, revealed many had never had a cervical smear, or a test for sex infections.
Some reported NHS staff had wrongly told them they were “not at risk”.
A government spokesman said it took “health inequalities” seriously, and planned to work with Stonewall.
We (heart) lesbians. The healthier, the better. BBC News
Posted on
18 June 2008 by
andrew |
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