Open an urgent enquiry into NHS transgender-related healthcare

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What the petition asks

NHS gender identity clinics (GICs), set up to provide specialist care to transgender people in the UK, often fail to meet the needs of service users by means of prohibitively long waiting lists (frequently exceeding three years), ill-trained GPs, and medical gatekeeping.

A referral to every GIC in the UK results in a wait of between 12 and 48 months before even the first appointment - well beyond the 18-week target set by NHS England - and even here treatment is not guaranteed; as many service users report receiving no help. Many GPs are often inadequately trained to deal with their needs and refer trans patients to mental health services instead.

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/26/trans-patients-in-england-face-soul-destroying-wait-for-treatment

Timeline

18 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2019	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 3,932

Status Closed

Opened 18 Jul 2019

Closed 6 Nov 2019

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