Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 39059
Hormone Treatments: Young People
Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Rosie Duffield
Independent — Canterbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of new prescriptions issued by NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Services for (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone to young people aged 16-18
Answer
Karin SmythSince 1 April 2024 there have been no new initiations of exogenous hormones through the NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service.