Politician discovers women prefer female doctors, accidentally becomes xenophobic

A difficult topic to post on, but important regardless. A number of women have contacted me to explain how during a non-emergency procedure/scan on a sensitive part of the body, they have felt incredibly uncomfortable with the choice of staff member. This has been a man, quite often a foreign man who cannot speak proper English, and is evidently not familiar with how care on such areas of the body is handled delicately. Particularly in maternity wards, where mothers can be in such a vulnerable state and feel unable to effectively challenge it. One woman spoke to me today, saying how she so uncomfortable but unable to speak out as the man was in the room - he did not speak English and made the woman feel terrible. Her words... "I left and cried in my car. I felt absolutely embarrassed and violated." I do not believe that women should be put in this position. There need to be clear safeguarding procedures, and methods so that the women can privately object to a male staff member carrying out a procedure on such an area - particularly one who cannot speak English. It must be obvious and entirely non-judgemental. This has been raised me with on a number of occasions, and these women feel unable to talk about these concerns because they are scared of being called a racist or whatever else. I certainly haven't seen another politician discussing it. This is a debate we need to have. I will raise it in Parliament, and push so that women can have a clear and private veto when it comes to staff for such a private scan/procedure.