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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

NHS England proposes to change the process for providing specialised adult gender identity services by: Appointing up to two Gender Identity Clinics to perform the role of a Lead Provider (National Trans Health Unit) Establishing a National Referral Support Centre to assist individuals in their choice of surgical provider These proposals may be viewed at: Gender

NHS England is about to conduct a review of the Gender Identity Development Service for Children and Adolescents. The present specification for this service is available below: Document: E13/S(HSS)/e – Gender Identity Development service for Children and Adolescents (PDF, 1.8MB) Review: A Review of the Specification (PDF, 171KB) A group of stakeholders has drafted recommendations for

BSPED Announcement British Society for Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) has confirmed that its Executive Committee has removed the opening statement “Specific Endocrinological Guidelines approved by the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes” from the Guidelines it published in 2004. BSPED has also removed the Guidelines from the public pages on its website. In their

The British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED) has published its amended statement on caring for children and adolescents with gender identity disorder. It permits flexibility and deviation from “current practice”, without defining what that is. Nonetheless, the statement opens the way for adolescents who experience profound and persistent gender dysphoria to be offered

Update: Announcement by Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust on the 23rd September 2009, suggesting some relaxation of policy. The Guidelines published by the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinolgy and Diabetes (BSPED) have been withdrawn. They did recommend that an adolescent should be left to experience his/her natural hormone environment until: Development of secondary sexual

NHS funding processes and waiting times for adult service-users This publication will help you understand the processes involved in obtaining funding for treatment for gender variant conditions. It answers the questions that service-users typically ask, and it provides guidance on how to navigate this complex system with minimum delay. Your GP may also find this information helpful.

Developing Guidelines for Endocrinological Intervention in the Gender Identity Development Treatment of Adolescents Aims The aim of this project is to develop an expert consensus among the clinicians engaged in the treatment of adolescents experiencing gender variance. This should lead to improved guidelines for endocrine intervention in this patient group. Currently there are no agreed

Funding provided by the Nuffield Foundation and other charitable donors has enabled GIRES to undertake a highly important project. Its purpose is to improve the treatment offered, in the UK and other countries, to adolescents who experience profound and persistent discomfort with the gender role assigned at birth because it clashes with their innate gender

Click on the links below to view the related articles and documents. Like most teenagers Jackie Green couldn’t wait for her special 16th birthday present. But the gift from her mum Susie wasn’t clothes or jewellery – it was a £13,500 sex change operation … I had sex swap op on my 16th birthday – The Sun, October 25,