Online service launched to help GPs support transgender community
Siobhan Ryan
The Argus
06:08 Wednesday 3 February 2016
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14249312.Online_service_launched_to_help_GPs_support_transgender_community/ (http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14249312.Online_service_launched_to_help_GPs_support_transgender_community/)
"AN ONLINE guide for GPs has been launched to help them support transgender patients.
The new service in Brighton and Hove is believed to be the first of its kind in the country.
Its introduction follows a recent Parliamentary inquiry into Transgender Equality in the UK which found trans people encounter significant problems in using general NHS services.
This was due to the attitude of some clinicians and other staff when providing care, which was down to lack of knowledge and understanding."
Now, if we can just get them to read it.....
Jen
Teaching our GPs to be emotionally supportive is great but I have consistently found my GPs to be very lacking on transgendering medical knowledge. We need real online guides to help them with the medical side too.