Do you feel that being part of the LBTQIA+ community affects your healthcare?

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In July and August 2024, Healthwatch Norfolk attended Norwich Pride and King’s Lynn Pride to engage with members of the LGBTQIA+ community about their experience of health care.  They spoke to 164 people.

It is apparent that most people within the sample feel that being part of the LGBTQIA+ community affects their health care, with almost 60% of respondents believing that to be the case. From the thematic analysis of 36 in-depth responses to the question, Healthwatch Norfolk identified a key theme of people experiencing a lack of understanding/consideration from medical staff for a patient’s sexuality and gender when it came to their treatment. There needs to be a greater awareness and consideration for members of the LGBTQIA+ community when it comes to both their access to health care and their lived experience, to foster a more positive environment.

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Local Healthwatch
Healthwatch Norfolk
Publication date
Date evidence capture began
Date evidence capture finished
Key themes
Consent, choice, user involvement and being listened to
Health inequality

Methodology and approach

Was the work undertaken in partnership with another organisation?
No
Primary research method used
Engagement event
If an Enter and View methodology was applied, was the visit announced or unannounced?
N/A

Details of health and care services included in the report

Details of health and care services included in the report
General Practice (GP)
Sexual health

Details of people who shared their views

Number of people who shared their views
164
Gender
Women
Men
Non-binary people
Is the gender identity of people in the report the same as the sex they were assigned at birth?
Yes
No
Sexual orientation
Asexual
Bisexual
Gay men
Lesbians / Gay women
Pansexual
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