Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8069

Gender Dysphoria: Young People

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024

Question

Tim Roca

LabourMacclesfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure young people on waiting lists for gender affirming care are transitioned to adult waiting lists when they turn 18.

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England published a new service specification in August 2024 for the referral pathway of Children and Young People’s Gender Services. The service specification sets out that young people are removed from the waiting list for Children and Young People’...

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