Donation and medical professionals have warned “Shocking growth” In GPS refuses to confirm genderEven when it is requested by a specialist clinic.
Campares have told Independent The increasing number of trans people is being denied hormone replacement therapy by GPS, doctors claim that they are either not able to provide service or they are not contracted.
It has caused people like Matthew Leone a trans man of southwest ScotlandTo lose their confidence in medical physicians, even self-in-injection hormone replacement treatment and avoid doctors.
The 27 -year -old said that his Mental health His GP went down to “drain” after stopping his hormone treatment.
He said that GP refused to determine or administer hormone treatment recommended by a specialist sexual healthcare as it was “recommended for the situation for which it has been recommended, and there is a lack of long -term security data.”
The previous GP of Mr. Leon determined Nebido, an injection licensed in the UK. Testosterone Replacement therapy for male hypogonadism. It is widely used as a treatment option for penis dysphoria.
Without a doctor to administer his Nabido, Mr. Leone experienced a “mini menopause” as he was left five weeks from his testosterone, which means administered every 11 weeks.
“I don’t have the best Mental health Generally, clearly stable hormone balance helps all this, “he said.” But it just throws me into a hormonal tornado.
He said, “I am hesitant to do my blood work, when a doctor sees something they do not like and then everything stops,” he said, he said, he said that he feels unable to register for a new practice for months.
Transactuel director tea brown said that charity had seen the “shocking growth” in GPS, which had been refusing to determine the Trans Peepal HRT since last year.
Independent First revealed that a major factor The hormone treatment withdrawn transgender people were an independent review of the CASS review, which was an independent review of gender identity services for children and youth in NHS, which banned youth blockers as treatment for gender dysforia.
Mr. Brown said that the Supreme Court’s decision in April has enhanced the situation that the words “women” and “sex” refer to an biological woman and biological sex in the Equality Act.
“This is a problem,” he said. “Trans people are being denied the same medicine that CIS is given to people without any question. Many refugees are for those who are already on HRT.
“There are many reasons for this, from Gps Claiming that they are ‘not able,’ GPS claims that they are not contracted to provide this service, and of course, in an unknown cases, out of good old age, FancifulnessThis is rarely a case that is a medical reason for denying. ,
Mr. Brown says that the charity listens to the report of GP refusing to take care of Trans people every week, while in the past years he used to hear only topical matters.
“They are the only ones we are hearing,” said the charity boss. “Trans people often wait for years to be seen by an NHS Linga Clinic. There is an additional slap in the face to refuse to officially determine the recommended drug for their GP.”
East of England Linga Service, a GP and Chief Physician Dr. Kamila Qamaruddin, agreed that there was an increased phenomenon of GPS, which was not determining hormone treatment, citing lack of expertise or saying that it is not funded under a shared care agreement.
He said, “We have examples where GPS have been determined for many years and then decided not to write anymore for various reasons,” he said that many hormones treatment was unlicensed for trans people because medical companies could not conduct random tests on Sisgender people.
“We have been writing an unlicensed drug for many years, in general practice,” Dr. Qamaruddin said. “The issue of unlicensed drug should not be a barrier to provide a recipe for hormone therapy.
“I have heard a lot of GP saying that we do not have expertise. So if you do not have expertise, we provide a lot of training to local GPS,” he said that GMC and RCGP provide guidance about determining Trans Medical Care.
Dr. Qamaruddin warned that hormone treatment can have a lot of impact ” Mental healthAnd patients can become suicidal because of this. ,
A NHS spokesperson said: “To support GPS for patients with gender dysforia, NHS England has established several expert gender services in primary care, employees made by expert GPS who are available to provide timely support to colleagues. We are fulfilling a review of adult gender services that we will see to broadcast some individuals.
“We also have more than double investment in gender dysforia services, increasing the number of adult gender dysforia clinics in England, which has increased from seven to 12 with a rollout of five new adult gender pilot clinics since July 2020.”
A Scottish government spokesperson said: “Cross hormone therapy for adult transgender patients is a special area provided by a combination of health professionals. Each patient is able to ensure that each patient has appropriate procedures in gender identity services to receive proper level care, GPS NHS Scotland has four adults of NHS Scotland to refer to one of the four adults of gender identity.
“Any concern regarding the delivery or provision of care under the GP constable system will be a case for patients with their respective GP practice, through practice manager, or for other matters through NHS Board.”