Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that people recommended gender transition medication by a Gender Identity Clinic in England receive that medication promptly and consistently, whether or not their GP has the specialist knowledge and confidence to be involved in prescribing it and monitoring the patient.

Timely and consistent access to gender transition medication is promoted by through guidance issued to practitioners, with standards upheld through regulation by the Care Quality Commission. Guidance has been published by the General Medical Council to ensure transgender patients are able to receive high quality, quick and effective care when accessing general practitioner (GP) services for medication. This guidance for GPs covers transgender patient pathways and entering into a shared care agreement with a gender dysphoria clinic for the purpose of prescribing medication. This ensures that support is in place for any change in medication or in other circumstance, so GPs are confident in prescribing any medication the patient needs.