Hi there!
i just had my first GP appointment (fully dolled up haha) and it was great. She referred my to the GIC for the next step.
However it looks like there might be a 6 month wait just to see them for the first time, and then another long wait to a second appointment, at a minimum, before they will agree to prescribe HRT.
Has anyone else been through this process, do you have any info or advice, are the private options that are preferable, and do you know of good resources online?
Thanks!!
xx
Oh i forgot to mention in live in Cambridge England, near London.
Your chances of getting a HRT prescription fast could depend on whether your GP is happy to prescribe you a bridging prescription or not, otherwise you will have to either wait for a decision to be made once you are referred for therapy by your GIC.
Not all GICs have an equal amount of waiting time. You could ask your GP to concurrently refer you to another GIC if it means being seen faster. A study was carried out to see which had the least waiting times. https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,178573.msg1576455.html#msg1576455 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,178573.msg1576455.html#msg1576455)
Alternatively you could go private and see the likes of Richard Curtis or Stuart Lorimer, who could write you a letter to advise your GP to prescribe you HRT on a shared care basis.
Awesome info, this is exactly what I was after, thank you!!
Im on Lorimers website now so if private looks like the best way forward, Ill throw some money at it and do it that way!
If anyone else has anything I ought to know please do add it to the thread id be very appreciative!!
Thanks again Leila you are a star!
x alex
http://uktrans.info/attachments/article/341/PatientPopulationSept14.pdf
Table 2: Average waiting time for first appointments held that month
GIC Aug-14 Sep-14
Charing Cross, London* 56 weeks 56 weeks
The Laurels, Exeter 17 weeks 17 weeks
Leeds** 60 weeks 62 weeks
Northern Region GD Service, Newcastle **** ****
Northamptonshire Gender Dysphoria Service, Daventry 8 weeks 10 weeks
Nottingham Centre for Gender Dysphoria 19 weeks 21 weeks
Porterbrook Clinic, Sheffield*** 49 weeks 40 weeks
Fab, gave the Daventry one a call and Im setting up a phone meeting between them and my GP and myself,
56 weeks for London.. sheesh, pays to shop around huh! thank goodness for having a car, and for you guys' invaluable store of knowledge
Thank you again Leila!!
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