S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2013 No. 2891
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The National Health Service Commissioning Board and
Clinical
Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing
Rules)
(Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made
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8th November 2013
Laid before Parliament
13th November 2013
Coming into force
for the purposes of regulations 1 and 6
16th December 2013

for all other purposes 1st April 2014

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers
conferred by sections 3(1B), 6E(1), (2) and (3) and 272(7) andof the National Health Service
Act 2006(a) and section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012(b)

Waiting times and the 18 weeks referral to treatment (RTT) pledge

The NHS Constitution gives patients the right to access services within maximum waiting times, or for the NHS to take all reasonable steps to offer you a range of suitable alternative providers if this is not possible.

This right is a legal entitlement protected by law, and applies to the NHS in England. The maximum waiting times are described in the Handbook to the NHS Constitution.

What to expect

Your GP, dentist or other health professional will refer you to a specialist via the Choose and Book service or a referral letter
Your 18 weeks waiting time starts on the day the hospital receives the referral letter or on the day you make the booking for your first appointment, via the choose and book service
If you were referred by letter you will be called or asked to call, to make an outpatient appointment and offered a choice of dates. Or we will make a provisional appointment for you which you can choose to rearrange if the date and time are not convenient for you
You will attend your first outpatient appointment
You may be sent for a diagnostic test
You may require a follow-up appointment
If you need surgery you will need to attend a pre-admission appointment
You may require treatment and a stay in hospital
Your 18 weeks waiting time ‘clock’ ticks until you receive your first treatment.

Even if you require all of the above tests and appointments this should take no longer than 18 weeks. Sometimes however, it may not be appropriate for you to receive treatment in 18 weeks. This may be because as a patient you:may need your condition to be actively monitored by UCLH without clinical intervention or diagnostic procedures at that stage
choose to wait longer than 18 weeks.

Hope this is useful see https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/pandv/helpandsupport/pals/Pages/Home.aspx

Frequently asked questions    http://www.wlmht.nhs.uk/gi/gender-identity-clinic/about-the-clinic/frequently-asked-questions/

I.O.M. comes under the West Midllands NHS, (so would imagine the revised targets would apply)   You need to see someone who is familiar with Gender Identity issues.     Refering you to the nearest GID clinic on the Mainland,    I should imagine travel costs like elsewhere will be down to you.