the NHS will be receiving guidelines after the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. "We've been speaking to the health service for an inordinately long time - we will now be asking them when they will be updating their advice," Baroness Kishwer Falkner said. Currently the NHS guidance says trans people should be accommodated according to the way they dress, their names and their pronouns. Under the ruling this would be scrapped.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says it is "working at pace" to provide an updated code of conduct for services, including the NHS and prisons. The ruling could have implications for spaces such as hospital wards, changing rooms and domestic refuges. Asked on the BBC's Today Programme whether the EHRC would pursue the NHS if it doesn't change, the Baroness replied "yes we will".

"We will be having those conversations with them to update that guidance," she said. Wednesday's case was brought by women's rights campaigners who challenged the Scottish government, arguing sex-based protections should apply only to people that are born female. Judges ruled that when the term "woman" is used in the Equality Act it means a biological woman, and "sex" means biological sex. This means a Gender Recognition Certificate  - a legal document that recognises an individual's gender identity - will now not change a person's legal sex for the purposes of the Equality Act. (BBC/Reuters)