Local healthcare policies

This page contains local policies relating to trans patients and staff in NHS organisations.

For policies and guidance applicable across the UK or for a whole UK nation, view our Policies and Guidance on Trans Inclusive Healthcare page.

East Midlands

• Derby and Derbyshire: Guidance on Prescribing Responsibilities following Private Consultation and Private Prescriptions for NHS patients
• Leicester Hospitals: Perinatal care for trans and non-binary birthing people
• Leicestershire Partnership: Transgender and Non-Binary Service User Policy
• Leicestershire Partnership: Trans Employee Policy
• Nottingham University Hospitals: Recording of Patient Gender Identity Policy
• Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee: Information and Guidance on Prescribing in Transgender Health
• Nottinghamshire Local Medical Committee: Managing Transgender Patients: Guidance for General Practice
• Sherwood Forest Hospitals: Transgender and Nonbinary Colleagues Guidance
• University Hospitals of Leicester: Transgender and Nonbinary Patients

East of England

• Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes: Gender reassignment: surgery and cosmetic interventions
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: Transgender Guidance for Trust Staff and Service Users
• Essex Partnership University: Clinical Guideline for the Care and Management of Transgender Patients (Adults and Children) in EPUT
• Hertfordshire and West Essex: Gender Dysphoria
• Hertfordshire and West Essex: Hysterectomy in Gender Dysphoria
• Norfolk and Waveney: Transgender Prescribing
• Suffolk and North East Essex: Care of Transgender Patients in Primary Care

London

• Ashford and St Peters Hospitals: Supporting Trans Patients and Service Users Policy
• Ashford and St Peters Hospitals: Transitioning at Work Policy
• Central and North West London: Supporting Transgender Service Users Policy
• Central and North West London: Transgender (Recognition and Response) Policy
• Lewisham and Greenwich: Policy to support trans staff, patients and service users
• South London and Maudsley: Policy for the Care and Support of Transgender and Non-binary People
• South West London: Position Statement on Prescribing in Gender Incongruence for Children and Young People

North East England

• Humber and North Yorkshire Maternity: Perinatal Care for Trans and Non-Binary People – Protocol for HCPs
• Leeds Community Healthcare: Transitioning in the Workplace Policy
• Northumbria Healthcare: Gender Reassignment Policy
• Rotheram Doncaster and South Humber: Patient trans equality policy
• Sheffield Health and Social Care: Policy – Affirming Gender Identity in the Workplace
• South West Yorkshire Partnership: Trans and intersex equality policy
• South West Yorkshire Partnership: Transgender equality policy – service users
• West Yorkshire: Gender Identity Policy

North West England

• East Lancashire Hospitals: Trans Inclusion Policy
• Liverpool Women’s: Caring for Transgender Patients Policy
• Mersey Care: Supporting Trans*, non binary and non-gender employees and people who use our services
• Northern Care Alliance: Colleague Transgender and Non-binary Inclusion Policy
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay: Supporting Trans and Non-Binary Colleagues
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay: Trans and Non-Binary Colleagues Handbook
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay: Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender Fluid Patient Policy
• Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals: Guidance for Staff on Supporting Transgender Service Users

Northern Ireland

• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: Gender Identity and Expression Employment Policy
• Southern Health and Social Care Trust: Gender Identity and Expression Employment Policy

Scotland

• Dumfries and Galloway: Shared care prescribing and transfer of care from private to NHS
• Golden Jubilee: Getting It Right for our LGBT Patients
• Grampian: Guide for Staff To Help Them Meet the Needs of Trans Patients
• Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Transitioning in the Workplace – Guidance for Managers
• Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Sharing Trans Information
• Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Gender Reassignment Policy
• Lothian: Supporting trans staff and gender inclusive workplaces

South East England

• Brighton and Hove: Commissioning of Specialised Services for Individuals with Gender Dysphoria
• Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals: Support for trans and non-binary people during pregnancy birth and the postnatal period
• East Kent Hospitals University: Supporting Gender Diverse Patients Policy
• East Sussex Healthcare: Gender Transitioning at Work
• Frimley: Treatments for gender dysphoria
• Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells: Protocols and policies regarding the care of transgender people
• NHS Sussex: Gender Identity – Supporting Patients
• South East Coast Ambulance Service: Procedure for Supporting Transgender Employees and Service Users
• Surrey and Borders: Supporting People Who Are Trans Policy
• Surrey Heartlands: Primary care prescribing for people who access Gender Identity Services
• Sussex Partnership: Supporting Transgender Service Users Policy

South West England

• Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire: Transgender Prescribing – Information for GPs
• Devon Partnership: Transgender and Non-Binary Staff Equality
• North and East Devon: Gender dysphoria and transgender prescribing
• Royal Devon University Healthcare: Transgender Admittance and Policies
• Royal Devon University Healthcare: Transgender Workplace
• South and West Devon: Gender dysphoria and transgender prescribing

Wales

• Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: Trans and Nonbinary Employee Support Procedure
• Hywel Dda University Health Board: Supporting Transgender Staff Policy
• Public Health Wales: Trans Inclusion Policy
• Swansea Bay University Health Board: Policy on Supporting Trans Staff
• Velindre University NHS Trust: Supporting Transgender Staff Policy

West Midlands

• Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health: Trans Equality Policy for Employees
• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare: Trans Inclusion Policy
• South Warwickshire: Supporting Transgender Staff Policy
• The Royal Wolverhampton: Guidance and Statement of Intent for Transgender Inclusion
• The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital: Supporting Transgender Collegues Guidance
• University Hospitals of North Midlands: Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals
• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals: Supporting Patients Who are Transgender, Non Binary or Gender Non-Conforming
• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals: Supporting Colleagues Who are Transgender, Non Binary or Gender Non-Conforming Policy