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The Scots health board at the centre of a high-profile legal battle involving single-sex spaces has said its staff should now use facilities that correspond with their sex at birth, rather than their gender identity. ‌

NHS Fife has released an equality impact assessment after the UK’s equality watchdog told it to “progress corrective actions” on single-sex spaces without delay. ‌

The health board stated its interim position will be to “provide a mix of suitable facilities” that follow the law. ‌

The review says: “Where toilets and changing facilities are not in individual separate lockable rooms, separate toilets and changing facilities will be provided for men and women alongside additional gender-neutral facilities.”

It adds: “Where a facility is provided se

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