Question follow-through · 83939

Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 55468 on Gender Dysphoria: Health Services, what his planned timetable is for ensuring the delivery of a gender clinic in each region by 2026.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 55468 on Gender Dysphoria: Health Services, what his planned timetable is for ensuring the delivery of a gender clinic in each region by 2026.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England has established NHS Children and Young People's Gender Services in the North-West, South-West, and London regions, in 2024. A fourth service is planned to open in the East England region in January 2026, following a process of mobilisation ove...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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