Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
2026-06-29 · Department of Health and Social Care · 14396 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce NHS waiting lists for transgender healthcare.
Answer
We recognise that waiting lists for specialist gender services are too long. This has been caused by multiple factors, including unprecedented demand for gender services and a shortage of specialist clinical staff to meet the rapidly rising demand.This is...