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PSA for any trans person on a gender clinic waiting list in England, Scotland, or Northern Ireland considering a move to Wales

The Welsh Gender Service (WGS) will take into account the time you've already spent waiting on another gender clinic's waiting list 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

How do we know this?

We emailed the WGS back in November 2023, asking whether we'd have to join the back of the queue at the WGS if we moved to Wales. Their response is shown in the image.

Their email address is Cav.Wgs_enquiries@wales.nhs.uk if you wish to verify this.

Please feel free to boost this, so that more folks are aware of it :BoostsOKPrideSymbol:

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Caroline didn't have a Spring booster either. Although she's older than me (72 vs 68), I'm CV so have had a booster every six months without fail...thank you 🙏

However, we both still use masks indoors 👍

PSA for any trans person getting feminising gender-affirming hormone therapy through the NHS

Most NHS gender clinics across the UK have heavily restrictive oestradiol (estradiol; E2) target ranges, which are not in line with international best practice or guidance 😮‍💨

Some target as low as 200 to 400 pmol/L (54 to 109 pg/mL).

Many target an arbitrary, narrow 400 to 600 pmol/L (109 to 163 pg/mL) range.

Only a couple are more in line with international guidance, using a wider 350 to 750 pmol/L (95 pg/mL to 204 pg/mL).

If you test above their range, they will typically reduce your E2 dose, even if you feel better with a higher E2 level.

As such, it is always morally justified to take steps to make your E2 level lower when they demand a blood test to stop your dose being lowered :TransHeart: ✊

Edit: This post about E2 ranges from NHS GICs is from 2021, but given how glacially the NHS moves, it's probably still accurate.

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