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Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

Lords · Question HL3452 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of online telemedicine services providing hormones and adult gender clinic services, considering some are based outside of the UK and so are not subject to the Care Quality Commission.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 28 Sep 2026

In August 2025, the Government launched a call for evidence on private, non-National Health Service prescribing, which included an invitation for views on online prescribing, hormone prescribing, and prescribing by practitioners based in the European Econ...