Christian doctor loses civil service role

Christian Concern  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Sep 2018
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Christian doctor loses civil service role

Dr David Mackereth | photo: ITV

A Christian doctor due to take on a key civil service role has lost the position, for asserting that gender is determined by biology, it was reported in July.

Dr David Mackereth, who has worked for the NHS for 26 years, was set to become a disability assessor for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

But he was deemed ‘unfit to work’ after he said he would refer to patients according to their biological sex.

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