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Survey on problems obtaining access to funding for gender reassignment treatment on the NHS

All too often, trans people who approach the NHS to seek medical assistance in their gender transition find that funding is refused, delays are lengthy, or other problems make it a very difficult path to follow. We’d like to know more about the problems people face, so that we can press for improved services.

If you have encountered problems in getting treatment on the NHS, we’d be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete our questionnaire, and return it to Press For Change, either:

The easiest way to complete the questionnaire is probably to download the plain-text version and either print out or return it by email … but we’ve also reproduced the questions below as a form which you can fill in, in case you prefer doing it that way.

Any information you give is helpful - don’t worry if there’s a question you can’t answer completely.

Whatever you do tell us will be treated as confidential. No names will be mentioned in any reports (unless we specifically get permission first). No information will be given to any third party. Only statistics, general observations and anonymous quotes will be used in the report.

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The email sent by this form will be copied to the address you supply here, so that you have a record of what you wrote.
Email address
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If you are willing to be contacted by Ruth Richards of Press For Change, please put a telephone number and or postal address here.

Phone number (optional)

Postal address (optional)

Q1. Which treatments are/were you seeking ?

Q2. Which have you received to date ?

Q3. Over which are/did you experience funding problems ?

Q4. Which have been funded by the NHS to date ?
Assessment by Gender Specialist
Hormone Therapy
Mastectomy
Genital reconstruction
Other (please specify)

Q5. When did you begin seeking treatment (roughly) ?

Q6. Which is your Health Authority ?

Q7. Have you been referred outside your Area for any treatment ?
if so, which ?

Q8. If you have opted for private treatment was this because :?

you experienced unacceptable delays within the NHS
(if so roughly how lengthy ?)
you were refused funding within the NHS
another reason

Q9. If you have been refused funding at any point for any of the above treatments, could you outline the reasons for the refusal (and who/which body actually refused?
(e.g. Your GP (Is it a fundholding practice?)
A local consultant
A Gender Identity Clinic (which?)

Q10. Did you challenge the refusal ?  If so, to what level ?

Q11. Were you successful in your challenge ?

Q12. Are you still waiting for any of the above treatment ?

Q13. Any further information :

Many thanks for your time.

  
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