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Hormone Replacement Therapy: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to hormone replacement therapy prescriptions through GPs for trans patients; and what steps he is taking to support trans patients' acce

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
21 Jan 2025
Answer
4 Feb 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to hormone replacement therapy prescriptions through GPs for trans patients; and what steps he is taking to support trans patients' acce

  2. 21 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England is currently carrying out a review of adult gender services which will look at how to overcome the challenges that some individuals face in accessing a timely prescription.NHS England has more than doubled investment in gender dysphoria servic...

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