Written questions

Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

2026-07-08 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL1921 · Official question

Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to revise the guidance in the NHS service specification on gender identity services for adults that psychological interventions "will not be offered routinely or considered mandatory" in the light of the f

Answer

NHS England plans to publish new service specifications for adult gender services, for the purpose of public consultation, later this year. As part of its work to build new service specifications, Dr David Levy, who chaired the Operational and Delivery Re...