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    Campaigners warn of ‘staggering increase’ in GPs denying trans care
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    Campaigners warn of ‘staggering increase’ in GPs denying trans care

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    1. RedBerryyy on

      Just saying it’s absurd you can get whatever permanent surgical change you want within reason here (edit: i meant but should have stated that i was refering to that you could get it if you pay for), but you take hormones that give you feminine features in an incredibly slow and easy to back out way over the course of years which are almost all reversible by just not taking the drugs, and you need to convince 3 different psychologists to agree its you played with dolls enough as a kid and have to spend the rest of your life beholden to your GP randomly deciding they can’t give the exact same care they give to menopausal women to you, because trans people are too political or whatever.

      Half of europe and america doesn’t do this, it’s fine, there’s no data suggesting any negative outcomes from that. Yet we’re actually making the panopticon being set up against trans people even worse between administrative changes ensuring everyone around you always knows you’re trans for no reason and the nhs adding extra psychological grilling based on a review who’s basis for claiming that was ignoring the majority of the existing data, then claiming there wasn’t enough data so extra “protection” was needed until we know more, and then demanding that “protection” be applied to adults who the review wasn’t even looking at, it’s just absurd.

    3. Ver_Void on

      It’s pretty wild to contrast this with other countries that use an informed consent model. I could go to an Australian GP and get a prescription within a month, no massive wait list for a speciality clinic that barely sees a new patient per week.

    4. PetersMapProject on

      For context, the hospital gender identity service will already have done the assessment process and determined that the patient should have the hormones. 

      They’re only asking the GP to fill out a prescription form and do an injection. 

      If they’re not competent to do that – as some are claiming – then I don’t know how they can claim to be competent as a GP in general. 

    5. AuroraHalsey on

      My GP practice has refused to do blood tests or prescriptions for me since this year.

      Apparently their budget is too tight to do blood tests that they aren’t contractually obligated to do.

      Have to travel into London to go to a specialist NHS clinic for it now.

    6. VPackardPersuadedMe on

      Do they mena GPs refusing to put it onto the NHS? This really should be a private thing. The NHS is on its knees and what is essentially elective medications and procedures shouldn’t be on it.