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GPs will be paid for trans hormone prescriptions - Sussex

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Igneococcus · 02/04/2022 08:05

I don't quite get it, supposedly it is “not designed to promote the initiation of hormonal treatment in general practice" but also "The document adds that any decision to start hormone therapy is “at the discretion of the individual GP”.
Also it seems non-binary people also need hormones.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eb0eb198-b1f3-11ec-8570-b43daaf58ea1?shareToken=bda8d448f411c2d44f782d823721d844

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ZaraSizeMedium · 02/04/2022 08:28

Participating GPs must undertake two and a half hours of online training.

Seems thorough Hmm

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Igneococcus · 02/04/2022 08:22

I don't want people to be given life changing hormone treatments without careful consideration and therapy before considering all options carefully and I very much doubt a GP can provide this kind of care.
I also don't think that taking hormones turns men into women.

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Whatwouldscullydo · 02/04/2022 08:22

But you would still be a male person in a dress with hormones . The only difference it makes is that you are causing damage to your body and becoming a lifeling patient

picklemewalnuts · 02/04/2022 08:20

I don't think anyone cares about 'men in dresses'.
The concern is about men saying they are women and using women's spaces.
Also, concern about young people permanently modifying their bodies in ways that negatively impact their health.

MintyMoocow · 02/04/2022 08:17

Surely we want them to transition properly, isn’t hormones the start?
You can’t scream “Men in dresses” and then complain when they are started down the track of full transition.

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Igneococcus · 02/04/2022 08:12

It says intersex patients as well, why are people with a DSD included in this?

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Whatwouldscullydo · 02/04/2022 08:09

Surely the first step of any medical body is to actually define what it is they are actually treating.

No one can agree on any of it..or define it. There surely needs to be some kind of central criteria so everyone is on the same page.

Plasmodesmata · 02/04/2022 08:08

It says "adults" so presumably 18 and up?