Author: Coran

Health Archive

NHS England consultation on specialised treatments March to April 2016 – gender variant children and adolescents

NHS England recently ran a public consultation process on a number of specialised treatments. These include the treatments provided for gender variant children and adolescents. Two documents were of key importance to gender variant children and adolescents: A Policy Proposition which concludes that cross-sex hormones should not be provided before age 16 A Service Specification

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NHS England consultation on specialised treatments – gender variant children and adolescents

NHS England has now published its service specification, Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) for Children and Adolescents (PDF), and policy proposition, Prescribing of Cross-Sex Hormones as part of the Gender Identity Development Service for Children and Adolescents (PDF), following its consultation process. These documents do not adequately meet the needs of gender variant children and adolescents.

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Consultations & Surveys

LGBT+ Hate Crime Survey

We are conducting a survey to understand the needs LGBT+ victims of hate crime. LGBT+ Hate Crime Survey We’re trying to improve the support for LGBT+ people facing hate crime. Please help us by sharing our anonymous survey or taking 15 minutes to fill it in. Survey: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GalopLGBTHateCrimeSurvey The research is being conducted by Galop, the LGBT+ anti-violence charity.

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