I'm starting my second attempt at transitioning.
My first attempt fell flat when just as I was to attend my first GIC appointment I fell ill and I was also dealing with disability discrimination at work.
After that the discrimination at work became so serious that it took priority and the topics I was discussing with my counsellor I had started seeing regarding my gender dysphoria, changed solely to dealing with the problems at work and the relating anxiety.
Move on two years and the work issue is finally resolved now I have a new boss. I now get a lot of praise and my work often gets top marks when audited.
I'm now in a fantastic position at work, albeit part-time, with fantastic colleagues. So I've now turned my attention back to transitioning. I booked an appointment two weeks ago with the sole intention of getting re-referred to a GIC. My GP is fantastic and has dealt with my complex and large array of health issues fantastically and is amazing to talk to. He listened when I first asked for a refferal to a GIC...
...However, I bottled it. Instead I used the appointment to discuss one of my long term health issues and a neck injury I got from two days previously.
I was always going to talk to him about my neck injury after I got it but I'm annoyed I wasted time talking unnecessarily about a previous health issue and not transitioning.
What I'm leading on to here is, are there any GIC's I can self-refer to to get round this issue of talking to my GP?
Find out what GICs are in your area and call around, see who does and doesn't require a referral from a GP. You may get lucky. In my experience, most "specialists" require referrals but that might not be true for therapy - i had a referral when i made my appointment, i don't know if it was "required" or not to get in.
Can you request a referral from your GP online, or call and ask? Since it's something that was discussed before, they might go ahead and just send a referral for you without you having to go in and see them.
The referal form is available to download directly from the NHS GIC website. I THINK you can self-refer without a GP, but I may be wrong in that.
Alternatively, could you ask your counsellor to write a letter to your GP requesting the referal?
Megan. X
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I've heard from several people you can just self refer to any of the GICs but I didn't do that myself so I can't say for sure. Someone I know of said they just phoned them up and went in for forms.
I was originally referred to Nottingham GIC. They're website says they don't do self-referrals. I know that much.
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So was I , well still am but also my doc referred me to Northampton . You can go to any, NHS choice nowadays.
Quote from: davina61 on December 26, 2017, 03:54:35 PM
So was I , well still am but also my doc referred me to Northampton . You can go to any, NHS choice nowadays.
By 'NHS Choice' do you mean one of those walk-in surgeries and get a referral from them to a GIC?
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Quote from: foreversarah on December 28, 2017, 09:46:12 AM
By 'NHS Choice' do you mean one of those walk-in surgeries and get a referral from them to a GIC?
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Just tell your GP which one you want to be referred to. Beware, each has different wait lists, you would go back to the start of an alternate clinic if you swap...
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