NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is to look again at its policy after a consultation with the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Hospital guidance that urged nurses to chastise women who object to sharing a ward with trans women has been put under review.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had urged staff to treat women who expressed discomfort sleeping next to patients who appeared male like racists. The health board has confirmed the policy is being reviewed after a consultation with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

Shirley-Anne Somerville, the social security secretary, told MSPs yesterday that Scottish ministers supported the use of “single sex exemptions” in certain circumstances, after she was confronted with the hospital policy by Joan McAlpine, the SNP MSP who is a critic of gender recognition reforms.

Ms McAlpine said: “NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s gender reassignment policy review says that a