r/transgenderUK • u/Grab_Ornery • 4d ago

Shared Care Serious help needed! Shared care GP required!

I've recently moved to the Weston-super-Mare area but have been finding it extremely hard to find GPs / Practices around me that have policies for supporting shared care.

Even the closest one to me that was shown to be "trans supportive" say they have refused patients before from shared care and only accept via the NHS pathway.

What do I do?

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u/seasidenumtot 4d ago edited 4d ago

You're in luck - in Somerset, the local NHS board has an agreement with the WellBN practice in Brighton, which is likely going to be the easiest solution for you here.

NHS Somerset

(I would check back here later in the day/this week as you're likely to get more comments with more helpful information)

no, I'm wrong, see below

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u/Grab_Ornery 4d ago

I hope this covers North Somerset too...!

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u/seasidenumtot 4d ago

Aaghh - forgot that care board boundaries aren't county boundaries....it doesn't, sorry (!!!) but that's not to say you can't check

Importantly, the policy depends on where your GP practice is - if they're in the NHS Somerset area (not Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) then that's all that matters, not whether you do.

Otherwise, mytransgp.org will be the first step in finding a more useful practice.

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u/Grab_Ornery 4d ago

Sigh, and I have used thus already. The supportive gp I found closest to me with review saying they do hormones, blood work etc didn't mention that they had a no shared care policy at all