Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Increase funding for transgender healthcare to reduce waiting times & train GPs
Closed
6,318 signatures
What the petition asks
Increase funding to help reduce transgender healthcare waiting times to 18 weeks. Fund training for GPs in identifying and diagnosing gender dysphoria, prescribing hormone replacement therapy and monitoring bloodwork.
Transgender healthcare is currently available on the NHS through Gender Clinics with an average wait time of 18 months. The highest average waiting times are in the South West, at 7.5 years, which is 21.7 times longer than the 18 week target for elective care. We think this is completely unacceptable. For many trans people, access to this treatment is absolutely critical, and we believe having such long waiting times, is by definition, systemic discrimination.
Timeline
| 14 Jan 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
6,318
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
14 Jan 2025
Closed
14 Jul 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 29 Jul 2026.