I have recently received a phone call from the doctor saying that the NHS would not fund me a sex change. However when i replied to him that what i wanted was hormone therapy and to see a GIC he seemed to have absolutely no knowledge on the whole situation.
I have an appointment to speak to my doctor tomorrow but will he be allowed to refuse me the referral or is he required to let me see the councilor?
Did you tell him that you are transgender?
Usually you have to be evaluated by a psychologist in order to get hrt. It's partly to make sure you know what your getting yourself into, and partly to diagnose you with GID (soon to be GD).
If your doctor has no idea about transgender issues, ask for a referral to another doctor who has had experience or knowledge of the subject.
the doctor i am seeing is the one who makes all the final decisions and gets to chose who is refereed for what within the practice.
I am planning on asking for a referral to a GIC/physiologist but would he be allowed to deny me this treatment?
Quote from: Jay2013 on February 19, 2013, 01:18:41 PM
the doctor i am seeing is the one who makes all the final decisions and gets to chose who is refereed for what within the practice.
I am planning on asking for a referral to a GIC/physiologist but would he be allowed to deny me this treatment?
I'm pretty sure he can't, if I were you I would do some research about the process since I don't know anything about how NHS works over there.
If he denied you life-saving services, than its either your fault for not explaining how you feel, or his fault for not following his oath. It really comes down to what you tell him and how you tell him; after all how is he supposed to guess what you're thinking. I work in retail, I get stupid questions from people all the time.
This week a lady picked up an item off of a cart and asked me, "Is this a new item?" And she didn't even look around before asking, the aisle with that particular item was only five or ten feet from her; meanwhile I'm using a price gun to see if the item is new or not...The point is that if you don't ask the right questions and say the right things, the system will point you in the wrong direction.