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Webberley is setting up in Glasgow?

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vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 02/03/2019 13:33

This is on Transgender Scotland's Facebook page:

"For those still on the long NHS waiting lists, I received an email from genderGP to inform me they are opening an affiliate service in Glasgow city centre offering private treatment, voice therapy, counselling, injections etc... at a more affordable price than other private options
No use to me now but I have the email address to contact for more information if anyone is interested
email : [email protected]
Subject : Scottish Clinic"

I thought she was suspended? The FB thread is pretty interesting, lots of people saying they would avoid the service because they know people who landed up with liver failure under her care. Thank goodness some trans folk have sense.

Anyway, anyone know if Webberley is still practising?

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vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 06/03/2019 22:40

So, if she's suspended and he has limitations on what treatment he can do - how on earth can they be setting up a clinic?

Isn't the GMC paying attention?

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OldCrone · 05/03/2019 17:39

Her husband is in practice.

He has a whole bunch of conditions attached to what he can do, including:

4. He must not prescribe controlled hormone treatment to patients without a consultation in person and which might include an appropriate physical examination.

I can't post a direct link to the page, but you can use the search function here. Just type Webberley into the surname field.

www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register

TowelNumber42 · 05/03/2019 17:18

Imagine being a teenager so distressed that you learn the Get Hormones Script off the internet, start taking hormones to modify your healthy body then later discovering that surprise surprise not only did body modification not solve your psychological issues but that now you've got permanent liver damage.

The people validating when they should be investigating are going to be so fucked when this all comes out in the wash. That won't fix the mutilated sterile young adults whose underlying issues still remain. It is tragic.

Popchyk · 05/03/2019 17:04

She was fined £12K by Health Inspectorate Wales for running an illegal clinic.

South Wales Argus

"Webberley was ordered to pay a £12,000 fine as well as a £2,000 fine issued to her GenderGP business. She was also told to pay £11,307 costs".

So a total of £25, 307.

This was independent of any GMC action.

AssassinatedBeauty · 05/03/2019 16:49

She is suspended though so she shouldn't be working as a doctor. I would imagine the process to be struck off takes longer.

iklboo · 05/03/2019 16:48

The GMC / MPTS don't fine doctors. She is currently suspended from practise.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 05/03/2019 14:45

I asked a medic pal - she wasn't struck off, only fined. Her husband is in practice.

It all seems very fishy to me.

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miri1985 · 02/03/2019 23:33

I'm really curious about who is providing HW with medical indemnity insurance and what kind of price they're charging if they're aware of her reputation

kooshbin · 02/03/2019 19:25

In the recent Panorama documentary, "Trans Kids: Why Medicine Matters", Webberley is shown at her computer. It's on a small desk, tucked under the stairs. And the computer screen appears easily viewable by anyone else in the house. I hope she's not using that for confidential work.

Bowlofbabelfish · 02/03/2019 19:04

The CQC report says one of these clinics did 6700 prescriptions a year. Also that she charged 150 quid an hour. So that’s the best part of 3/4 million a year, with virtually zero overheads.

There is a LOT of money to be made. Imagine how much more with a chain of clinics all ‘taking the pressure off’ the NHS.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 02/03/2019 18:02

I wonder where it is. Glaswegians won’t hold much truck with this sort of thing.

Bowlofbabelfish · 02/03/2019 18:01

There must be a huge amount of money to be made by someone who can offer a one stop shop.

Oh there is. Low overheads too. There’s a kiwifarms thread on green and mermaids, and someone on there has worked out how much roughly her previous clinics were pulling in. Previous clinics that were slammed for failings in practice such as giving out prescriptions online in as little as 17 sec.

Popchyk · 02/03/2019 17:01

This is precisely why the NHS providers are subject to so much pressure by the trans lobby.

So that the private sharks like Webberley can swoop in to set up private clinics to "relieve the pressure" on the NHS.

And then the NHS will effectively subcontract to private outfits like Webberley's via shared care agreements and the like.

The bullying and harassing of NHS clinicians (as evidenced in GIDS recently) is done by precisely those people who have expensive services to sell.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 02/03/2019 16:39

Sandyford was the only Scottish trans service

It is NHS as opposed to private though.

TurboTeddy · 02/03/2019 16:35

Liver problems are a known possible side effect of anti androgen medication and liver function should be monitored whilst taking it. If her patients have suffered actual liver failure then she has done her job very badly. But hey they're only kids it's not as if it's important.

Popchyk · 02/03/2019 15:50

"I assumed that was part of the investigation into her fitness to practice.

Good point, they just said that on a transmasc site many of them were trying to sue her".

Not as far as I am aware. It is the first time I have heard that some of her patients are reporting liver failure.

If you know anyone affected then have they reported this to the NHS?

Have they thought about contacting the press about this? They can remain anonymous, I'm sure.

Bloody awful that they have to go through this.

SonicVersusGynaephobia · 02/03/2019 15:06

I thought the Sandyford was the only Scottish trans service, weird that another clinic is being set up in Glasgow, rather than in, say, Edinburgh.

And given the restrictions on Helen Webberly at the moment, pretty brazen.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 02/03/2019 15:01

I assumed that was part of the investigation into her fitness to practice.

Good point, they just said that on a transmasc site many of them were trying to sue her.

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Popchyk · 02/03/2019 14:59

"The FB thread is pretty interesting, lots of people saying they would avoid the service because they know people who landed up with liver failure under her care. Thank goodness some trans folk have sense".

What?

Is this being investigated at all, that some of Webberley's patients are reporting liver failure?

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 02/03/2019 14:41

Yes, Lord. Glasvegas.

Wonder what Sandyford would have to say about it, actually. Good point.

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youllhavehadyourtea · 02/03/2019 14:15

And isnt her husband under investigation too?

ToeToToe · 02/03/2019 14:14

How is this even allowed?

iklboo · 02/03/2019 14:11

GMC registration is the whole of the U.K. It doesn't matter which NHS or private. Suspension from practise is suspension.

youllhavehadyourtea · 02/03/2019 14:05

Is she suspended in Scotland? Its a different NHS.