Reform of Service Provision of Gender Identity Disorders in the NHS

"I have to wait 3 years for a first appointment at Leeds GIC and the Wakefield Primary Care Trust will not agree to out of area funding"

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"Despite being prescribed by a gender specialist, it was four years before my G.P. would issue NHS scripts for my hormones, and this only after two separate supportive endocrinologists' reports. The system really does need a good shake up."

"Im 46 on list at Leeds GIC can expect to be seen Dec 2007(35 month waiting list), STANDARDS of CARE ! WHAT STANDARDS ?WHAT CARE ?!!!!!!!"

"Within the NHS, the only standard for trans people is that little caring is evident."

"Transexuals genuinely deserve to have a better service, GID is a real condition that can only be best treated with reassignment process. Society already lacks sympathy for people who are transgendered, but then the ill-educated can be excused for their po"

"How long will it take before the NHS finally realise that we have a genuine problem that requires attention & not to be pushed to one side. please allow me to quote a few words from a friend who visited Charring Cross the other day. "I had my appointm"

"Ignorance about Gender Identity Dysphoria is rife in the NHS."

"The current state of affairs with NHS funded GRS would not be deemed acceptable for treatment of any other medical condition. I have found availability and choices of treatment to vary enormously - not just from region to region but from person to person."

"treatment policy has to change, the NHS is clearly discriminating against people who present themselves with Gender Identity Disorder."

"I am appalled at the 'postcode lottery' system the NHS applies to people with GID. Fortunately my own experience has been good at the Sandyford Initiative in Glasgow. However I realise I am in the minority. It looks like the NHS wants to drive us all to s"

"Changing gender is not a mental illness psychiatrists have no role to play in NHS treatment."