Gender identity clinic

Sub services:

Counselling psychology, Endocrine service, Speech and language therapy

For:

Adults

Available in:

Nationwide

We help people with

What we do

The gender identity clinic is the largest and oldest gender clinic in the UK, dating back to 1966. We accept referrals from all over the UK for people with issues related to gender.

We are a multi-disciplinary administrative and clinical team, including psychologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists and speech and language therapists. We work together in order to provide holistic gender care, focusing on the biological/medical, psychological and social aspects of gender.

What to expect

In order to assess your individual needs and goals, we ask a number of questions about your background, current circumstances and future plans. The purpose of these questions is to help us gain a clear idea of how we can help you.

Based on your individual needs and circumstances your clinician will explore with you what may happen next with your gender care. For example, if you would like to, but have not yet made a social gender role transition, they may explore with you any possible obstacles in your way and help you consider ways to address these.

Additionally, in order to support you through the transition process, clinicians may discuss with you the possibility of referrals to other services within the GIC or local to you (which your GIC clinician can ask your GP to make).

We will keep your GP up-to-date about your progression through the clinic and you will be copied into the reports sent. Your clinician will also be able to offer you information and advice about other forms of support that you may find helpful as you move along your gender care pathway.

Endocrine service

For urgent advice relating to hormone therapy we have a GP hormone advice phoneline: 020 8938 7369.

This is for GPs and other healthcare professionals. If we do not answer the phone call, please leave a message. We aim to respond within 48 hours.

For routine queries and matters relating to hormone therapy please contact us by email at gic.endo@tavi-port.nhs.uk. For patients under our care or previously under our care, we can review hormone therapy monitoring results and provide advice and support regarding hormonal therapies. Please also browse our endocrine webpage for more information and our clinical guidance.

Waiting times

There is a high demand for appointments, which is common across other gender identity clinics around the UK.

The following data is from October 2025
Number of people on our waiting list	16,840
Number of referrals received in the month	348
Number of first assessments completed in the month	76
Number of patients discharged due to treatment completed*	32
Total appointments attended in the month**	513
Currently offering first appointments to people referred in	June 2020†

Did not attend (DNA) rate for the last 2 weeks (10 to 21 Nov)	30 appointments 8% of all appointments booked
DNA rate for the last 12 months (1 Nov 2024 to 31 Oct 2025)	946 appointments 12.5% of all appointments

Resources and support

Find resources and support for people waiting to be seen for our gender identity clinic service.

Access our patient portal

Our upcoming patient portal will allow you to access your health information and find help and support while on our waiting list and being seen by us.