Give GPs training to give trans patients cross sex hormones safely

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the government to place a mandate that requires each doctor's surgery to have at least one GP who has been given training on how to prescribe cross sex hormones to transgender patients and how to safely and correctly monitor them.

I want the government or parliament to do this because the waiting times to access services like Gender Identity Clinic have been going up at an alarming rate. Currently, the expected wait to get your first appointment at the Porterbrook clinic in Sheffield is 30 months. That's over 2 years. Hormone replacement therapy for trans patients is nearly identical to that for cisgender patients, you wouldn't make a cis man who was unable to produce testosterone wait over 2 years to get testosterone.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Decisions on who can prescribe cross sex hormones is a clinical decision for clinicians, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls on the Government to increase funding for NHS transgender services to help reduce waiting times:
Increase funding for NHS Transgender Services.

Timeline

27 Aug 2020	Petition opened for signatures
3 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Sep 2020

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