UK GIC & Deedpoll information

[Pixxie P]

Gender Clinic UK & the NHS
I thought it would be a good idea for me to share some basic information that people tend to look over.

First of all there is more than just 1 GIC in the UK, here is the basic information and area for all the gender clinics, i strongly suggest Requesting to go to a GIC that is closest to you (Ask otherwise you will be automatically be sent to Charing Cross (London)

London SouthEast
West London Mental Health NHS Trust Gender Identity Clinic
179-183 Fulham Palace Road
London
W6 8QZ
Tel: 020 8483 2801
Email: n/a
Website: http://www.wlmht.nhs.uk/gi/gender-identity-clinic/

Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation trust for young people
The Tavistock Centre
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
Tel: 020 8938 2030
Email: gids@tavi-port.nhs.uk
Website: www.tavistockandportman.nhs.uk (http://www.tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/care-and-treatment/information-parents-and-carers/our-clinical-services/gender-identity-development)

North
Sheffield Health & Social care NHS foundation
Porterbrook Clinic
Michael Carlisle Centre
Nether Edge Hospital
75 Osborne road
Sheffield
S11 9BF
Tel: 0114 271 6671
Email: n/a
Website: shsc.nhs.uk/service-a-z/porterbrook-clinic/ (http://shsc.nhs.uk/service-a-z/porterbrook-clinic/)

Leeds Gender Identity Clinic
Management suite
1st floor
Newsam Centre
Seacroft Hospital
York Road
Leeds
LS14 6WB
Tel: 0113 855 6346
Email: n/a
website: www.leedspft.nhs.uk/ (http://www.leedspft.nhs.uk/our_services/gender_identity/)

Northumberland Gender Dysphoria Service
Benfield House
Walkergate Park
Benfield Road
Newcastle
NE6 4QD
Tel: 0191 287 6130
Email: n/a
Website: www.ntw.nhs.uk/sd.php?l=2&d=9&sm=15&id=240 (http://www.ntw.nhs.uk/sd.php?l=2&d=9&sm=15&id=240)

Midlands
Northampton Gender Clinic
Danetre Hospital
London Rd
Daventry
Northamptonshite
NN11 4DY
Tel: 01327 707200
Email: genderclinic@nhft.nhs.uk
Website: n/a

Nottingham Gender Clinic
Mandala Centre
Gregory Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 6LB
Tel: 0115 960 2820
Email: n/a
Website: www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk (http://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services/local-services/specialist-services/prescribed-services/gender-clinic/)

Southwest
The Laurels Gender Identity Service
The Laurels
11-15 Dix's Field
Exeter
EX1 1QA
Tel: 01392 677077
Email: dpn-tr.TheLaurels@nhs.net
Website: www.devonpartnership.nhs.uk/ (http://www.devonpartnership.nhs.uk/Specialist-Gender-Identity-Clinic.372.0.html)

[Pixxie P]

Deed Poll information

In the UK there are a handful of ways to Legally change your name.
The 2 following ways are the easiest and the Cheapest methods... Both hold their merits but also hold there down falls.

Free Deed Poll:
http://freedeedpoll.org.uk/
This website is the Easiest way to sort out your deedpoll.
It is free, however there tends to be allot of haste with obtaining legal documents (ID's, Passports & Driving licence)

Pay but Simple
deedpolloffice.com/advice/transsexuals (https://deedpolloffice.com/advice/transsexuals)
This is the website that i used, they are fast and Very effective with there service. You do need to pay however but it isnt very expensive and they help you sort out legal documents (ID's, Passports & Driving licence)

[Pixxie P]

Useful documentation:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content...gend-proto.pdf (http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/int-gend-proto.pdf)

I was recently given a copy of this PDF from a friend who said that i might qualify for the "bridging" due to depression issues. (Page 16)

"However, the GIC physician, the patient’s GP or another medical practitioner involved in
the patient’s care may prescribe “bridging” endocrine treatments as part of a holding and
harm reduction strategy while the patient awaits specialised endocrinology or other gender
identity treatment and/or confirmation of hormone prescription elsewhere or from patient
records."