Important notes

Waiting time information shown on this page is taken from information given directly to us by the services or published on their website.

Waiting times indicate how long patients who have just been invited for an appointment have waited for. As demand is currently increasing over time, this means it is likely you will wait longer than the time shown on this page.

Many gender services currently have very lengthy wait lists, and it can be very difficult to be waiting for so long. You can find ways you can get help while you are waiting on our Mental Health page.

Free UK-based services

You can access these gender services for free by asking your GP to make a referral. However, these services have significant waiting lists, and may require a wait of several years before being seen. They will also only accept you as a patient if you are registered with a GP in a specific area.

Service	To be seen (in months)	To get hormones (in months)	Total (in months)	Transfers prioritised?
Belfast more info	<47
Belfast KOI more info	3
Cardiff more info	24-30	0	24-30
Edinburgh more info	31
Exeter more info	59	12	71
Glasgow more info	36
Glasgow Youth more info	32
Grampian more info	18
Inverness more info
Leeds more info	37	10	47
London GIC more info	44	12-18	56-62
London GIDS more info	23
London TransPlus more info	<3	<2	<5
Manchester more info
Merseyside more info
Newcastle more info	39	24	63
Northants more info	43
Nottingham more info	38
Sheffield more info	39

All these services are now accepting referrals and able to offer both phone and video appointments.

Paid UK-based services

There are also several private gender services which charge fees but which may have significantly shorter waiting lists. You may wish to use these services while on the waiting list for an NHS service.

Service	To be seen (in months)
GenderCare	3
Harley Street Gender Clinic	4
GenderDoctors	<1
Kelly Psychology	2
London Transgender Clinic	<1
Northern Gender Network	5
YourGP

Detailed information

Belfast

Brackenburn

https://belfasttrust.hscni.net/service/regional-gender-identity-service/

Northern Ireland residents only

First Seen

<47

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Belfast KOI

KOI

https://belfasttrust.hscni.net/service/knowing-our-identity/

Northern Ireland residents only

First Seen

3

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Cardiff

Welsh Gender Service

https://gender.wales/

Wales GP only

First Seen

24-30

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

+0

months additional minimum wait for HRT

(requested)

Total

=24-30

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

(requested)

Edinburgh

Chalmers

https://www.lothiansexualhealth.scot/gender-identity-clinic/

Borders, Fife, or Lothian GP only

First Seen

31

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

(source)

Exeter

West of England

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/our-services/gender-identity

England GP only

First Seen

59

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

+12

months additional minimum wait for HRT

(source)

Total

=71

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

(source)

The service is currently focusing resources on people who have already had their first appointment, and while they are accepting new appointments, are not currently seeing patients for a first appointment and do not know when this will resume.

Glasgow

Sandyford

https://www.sandyford.scot/sexual-health-services/gender-identity-service/

Scotland GP only

First Seen

36

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Glasgow Youth

Sandyford Youth

https://www.sandyford.scot/sexual-health-services/gender-identity-service/

Scotland GP only

First Seen

32

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Grampian

Grampian, Orkney and Shetland GP only

First Seen

18

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Inverness

Highland GIS

http://www.highlandsexualhealth.co.uk/services/gender-identity

Highland GP only

First Seen

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Leeds

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/our-services/services-list/gender-identity-service/

England GP only

First Seen

37

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

+10

months additional minimum wait for HRT

(source)

Total

=47

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

London GIC

Tavistock

https://gic.nhs.uk/

UK GP only

First Seen

44

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

+12-18

months additional minimum wait for HRT

(source)

Total

=56-62

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

(source)

London GIDS

Tavistock

https://gids.nhs.uk/

UK GP only

First Seen

23

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(requested)

For referrals from Wales, the referring clinician will have to make a funding request to the local Health Board before making a referral.

London TransPlus

http://wearetransplus.co.uk/

Very limited access: more info

First Seen

<3

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

Hormones

+<2

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

=<5

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

TransPlus have an in-house pharmacy, so prescriptions for hormones can be filled immediately.

Manchester

Indigo

https://www.indigogenderservice.uk/

Very limited access: more info

First Seen

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Merseyside

CMAGIC

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/our-services/liverpool/sexual-health/cmagic-cheshire-and-merseyside-adult-gender-identity-collaborative

Very limited access: more info

First Seen

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Newcastle

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/services/northern-region-gender-dysphoria-service-specialist-service-walkergate-park/

England GP only

First Seen

39

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

+24

months additional minimum wait for HRT

(source)

Total

=63

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Northants

Daventry

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/gic/

England GP only

First Seen

43

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Nottingham

http://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/nottingham-centre-for-transgender-health

England GP only

First Seen

38

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

Sheffield

Porterbrook

http://shsc.nhs.uk/service/gender-identity-service/

England GP only

First Seen

39

months average wait for 1st assessment appt

(source)

Hormones

months additional minimum wait for HRT

Total

average minimum total time to hormones

Transfers

are transfers from other NHS wait lists prioritised?

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