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Recommendation 28
28
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The Government Equalities Office and Department for Health and Social Care should develop a healthcare...
Recommendation
The Government Equalities Office and Department for Health and Social Care should develop a healthcare strategy for transgender and non-binary people within the next year. The strategy should include: • improved and mandatory training for GPs around treating trans and non- binary patients; • guidance for healthcare professionals, including how to communicate appropriately with patients who are trans or non-binary; • improved access to support services for trans and non-binary people. Both departments should set out how they will measure progress across each of these areas in order to improve the experiences of trans and non-binary people. (Paragraph 215) The LGBT Action Plan
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Government Response
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The healthcare for transgender and non-binary people continues to evolve and can be complex. There is a host of activity that is occurring to improve healthcare for transgender and non-binary people. The Department of Health and Social Care will continue to work with the Government Equalities Office to improve the provision of healthcare for transgender and non-binary people. This ongoing work includes work by the National Advisor for LGBT Health (Dr Brady) who is working on guidance for GPs to support adults with gender dysphoria. Safe to Be Me: A Global LGBT+ Conference will deliver on the UK’s twin international commitments: co-chair of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) alongside Argentina, extended until 2022, and co-chair of the European LGBTI Focal Points Network (EFPN) alongside Cyprus. The Minister for Women and Equalities has set out her top priorities including banning conversion therapy, delivering the Safe to Be Me conference; digitising the gender recognition certificate application process; and improving healthcare for trans people. We will set out further details on other policies in due course. The Department of Health and Social Care and the Government Equalities Office continue to work closely together and in collaboration with the National Advisor for LGBT Health (Dr Michael Brady) on these issues. Dr Brady is delivering guidance for GPs to support adults with gender dysphoria, complementing wider work on the provision of bridging prescriptions, blood test monitoring and shared care agreements with both NHS gender identity services and private providers. NHS England has also recently commissioned Phase 2 of a benchmarking and quality assurance programme that will work with 50 NHS Trusts across a range of areas (including a focus on training) to support them to better address LGBT health disparities in healthcare provision and experience. The aim of this project is to build in a more systematic approach to LGBT awareness and inclusion within NHS organisations, and to address issues around monitoring, culture, education and training of the workforce more consistently. This work is ongoing and a formal strategy is not necessary to ensure its successful implementation.
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