NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service Specification

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Closes 2 Nov 2025

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Consultation questions

1. In what capacity are you responding?
2. Are you responding on behalf of an organisation?
3. To what extent do you support the inclusion of the holistic assessment of needs (Appendix A in the service specification)?
4. To what extent do you agree with the approach to the management of patients accessing prescriptions from un-regulated sources as explained above?
5. To what extent do you support the following other proposed changes to the specification as described above:

a. The description of the role and function of the National Provider Network.  

b. The description of the arrangements for data collection, audit and evaluation.

c. The role of the Children and Young People’s Gender Service in leading a network of Designated Local Specialist Services.  

d. The inclusion of endocrinology as a core function within the Children and Young People’s Gender Service’s Multi-disciplinary Team.

e. The separate pathway for pre-pubertal children.

6. The proposed provider-reported metrics aim to help monitor and assess the quality of the service. To what extent do you agree with the inclusion of the metrics?
7. Are there any other changes or additions to the revised service specification that should be considered?
8. To what extent do you agree that the Equality and Health Inequalities Impact assessment reflects the potential impact on equalities or health inequalities which could arise because of the proposed changes?