’The NHS is letting down trans people’ - barriers to equality in trans healthcare

This week's episode is a discussion with two fantastic doctors: Dr Kate Nambiar (a sexual health and gender identity doctor working in England) and Dr Sophie Quinney (a GP working in Wales and the Welsh Gender Service). The quote in the title is from a UK government report, linked for you here.

Content warning: transphobia, suicide

We talk about a range of topics, including transition-related healthcare, supporting trans and non-binary patients in primary care and hospital specialties, hormone therapy and wider social justice issues affecting trans people both in medicine and generally in society. I am so grateful to Dr Nambiar and Dr Quinney, who shared a wealth of knowledge and tips on how to be a better ally and push for change. We only scratched the surface here, so I hope you go out and research more for yourself. Trans people exist everywhere, and especially in medicine no doctor should be uninformed on how to treat a trans patient with dignity and respect.

Lots more information and references for everything we talked about to be found in the show notes HERE. A glossary for terms you may be unfamiliar with can be found HERE. You can also find me on Instagram @widlims and Twitter @widlims. I always love hearing from you :) And please, if you enjoyed the episode, do share it far and wide!

Until next time – take care!