Review of adult gender clinics: NHS engagement survey

NHS England has asked Dr David Levy to independently lead a review of the NHS adult Gender Dysphoria Clinics (gender clinics) in England to determine whether their operation and delivery meets the requirements set out in the non-surgical service specification and to consider the safety and effectiveness of the service, including how the current service model meets the needs of patients across the pathway.

As part of this review, the review team would like to understand the views and experiences of patients who have attended NHS adult gender clinics in the past 5 years, the family, friends or carers of patients and staff who have worked in the gender clinics in the past 5 years.

Gathering feedback will help identify areas for improving service quality and good practice. Understanding patient experience is central to the review because it will allow the reviewer to see what works well and where improvements can be made.

GIRES Comments on the Survey

We would encourage you to complete the survey; however, we acknowledge that some of the language in the survey questions around detransition and regret – which we know are rare – has been included to appease people who are campaigning to make it harder for trans people of all ages to transition medically.

We do not see the need to have included family members or friends in the list of people asked to complete the survey, and there should have been a clear distinction between the views of family and friends who are supportive and those who are not when completing the survey. We would therefore ask that you encourage your supportive family and friends to complete the survey to help ensure that the data collected can not be used to restrict access to healthcare based on the views of people who are not supportive.

The survey closed on Sunday 19 January 2025.