in UK "GPs halting transgender patients’ hormone treatment or refusing prescriptions, investigation reveals
Investigation: GPs cite lack of expertise or funding as key factors in withdrawals of trans patients’ prescriptions."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gp-nhs-transgender-hormone-treatment-b2658721.html
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@marjolica Load of codswallop.
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@Tooden I assume you are referring to the irrational (or bigoted) actions by some GPs:
From the article:
'Kamilla Kamaruddin, who has been a GP for two decades and is currently a lead clinician at the East of England Gender Service, said that the issue of care being refused or withdrawn from transgender people has become more frequent.
“GPs who refuse to prescribe are still in the minority but we’re seeing more and more GPs who are refusing to prescribe on the basis that they don’t have the expertise...even though they have already done the prescribing for a very long time,” she said.
“If a GP didn’t know how to treat a heart condition they’d ask a cardiologist – they’d get advice and guidance … for some GPs this doesn’t seem to apply to treating trans people.”
The General Medical Council, the regulator of doctors in the UK, has previously stated to GPs that the provision of HRT prescriptions to transgender adults is not a highly specialist area and does not require specific expertise.
Staff at other NHS gender services also said HRT withdrawal has become more frequent in the past year.
NHS England says that decisions are made locally and that GPs should cooperate with Gender Identity Clinics in the initiation and on-going prescribing of hormone therapy.
While the NHS does not record each time a GP withdraws a person’s medication, one service in Manchester has data that demonstrates the trend in their area.
At Manchester’s Indigo Gender Service in 2022-23, eight per cent of its HRT requests were refused by GPs. This has risen to 11 per cent in 2023-24.'
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@marjolica Yes. It has to be prejudice.
Is there any sign that Government has restricted HRT? If not, they are piling lies upon lies.
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@Tooden I'm not an expert on this, but I understand there is no general ban - yet - though NHS England are currently conducting a review of adult gender services and there are concerns because our Health Minister, Wes Streeting, seems to be trans exclusionary by inclination (he's male so not RF).
However what those under 18 can get is more restricted and after the CASS 'review' or more accurately TERF stitch-up young people can't get the puberty blockers that some got before and the young persons GHC seem reluctant to even provide gender appropriate hormones.
CASS also seemed to say those who first get to be seen when young (<18) should be followed up (and controlled) by the young persons GHC up to 25 and this may be affecting whether some GPs are prepared to prescribe hormones for under 25s.
Another issues is that because of the total lack of capacity and hence long waiting lists to even get to a NHS clinic (GHC) many have gone private for diagnosis and a prescription and some GPs may be reluctant to supply these or put on prescription the possibly adulterated one that others have got on the black market without an diagnosis.
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@marjolica Geez, they are arseholes. Festering pustules of inhumanity.
Australia has got similar religious zealots.
[#]ReligionIsPoison
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