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Foreword from Lynne Jones MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Forum on Gender Identity
These guidelines have been produced by the Parliamentary Forum for Gender Identity to assist commissioners to make appropriate decisions in respect of providing funding for all aspects of the treatment required by people experiencing any degree of gender dysphoria. They are complementary to the Department of Health’s publication “Guidance for GPs, other clinicians and health professionals on the care of gender variant people”.
The Forum comprises Parliamentarians and the UK's leading experts on gender identity, in both the legal and medical fields, including Professor Kevan Wylie, Chair of the Committee set up by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and other colleges and societies to develop new standards of care for the treatment of trans people. Many of the leading advocates from the trans community also take part in our work, including those who have been instrumental in liaising with ministers and senior civil servants to bring about the successful passage and implementation of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
I would like to acknowledge the work done to compile this document for the Forum by the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES).
Over time, the Forum does expect changes to be made in line with new information. For the latest edition of the document please refer to the GIRES website www.gires.org.uk/medpros.php which is the ‘home’ location of the latest version.
LYNNE JONES
http://www.gires.org.uk/assets/Medpro-Assets/parliamentary-guidelines.pdf
