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Leeds Gender Identity Service

The service offers assessment and psychological support to people with gender dysphoria and who wish to transition into their chosen gender role. We run a prescribing clinic for hormone treatment and refer appropriate clients for gender reassignment surgery.

Our service accepts referrals from across the North of England. We have service agreements in place with West Yorkshire and the North West, but service users from other areas are seen on a cost per case basis.

Meet the Team

Our team consists of:

  • 4  Clinical Nurse Specialists who see clients through the assessment process and act in the role as care co-ordinator to those clients moving into the care pathway.
  • A Doctor with special interest in endocrinology. The Doctor is responsible for the running of the prescribing clinic. She sees all clients referred for hormone treatment initially for assessment and if all is well will provide prescriptions and monitoring to those receiving treatment.
  • A Pharmacist who has a split role within the service. She works alongside the prescribing clinic providing support when needed and seeing clients on a 1:1 basis for counselling in relation to hormone treatment. The Pharmacist also has a prescribing role and sees clients in the hormone clinic providing prescriptions and monitoring to those receiving treatment.
  • A Voice Group Facilitator who provides 8 group sessions to those clients who need support in using their voice in a way which will provided clients with confidence while living in their chosen gender role. 
  • An Occupational Therapist who has a split role within the service. She acts as care co-ordinator to a specified group of clients and takes OT specific referrals. Again the OT will see clients through the assessment phase and provide support to those moving into the care pathway.
  • One Clinical Team Manager who oversees the day to day management of the service and provides line management to the nursing/ occupational therapy team.
  • A Team Administrator who provides administrative support to all the clinicians and acts as first point of contact to clients accessing the service.
  • A Consultant Psychiatrist who provides input into the assessment period and will be involved in all client review appointments. He is responsible for referrals into different branches of the service e.g. hormone treatment and surgical interventions.

 

Contact us:

Leeds Gender Identity Service
Management Suite
1st floor
Newsam Centre
Seacroft Hospital
York Road
LS14 6WB

shirleyfleming@nhs.net

Office Tel: 0113 3056346

Team Manager Tel: 0113 3056309


Referrals

We would need to receive a referral from a local sector Psychiatry team which would provide us with an initial diagnosis and contact to mental health services if the client needed support by them while attending the Gender Service.

We would also need a supporting referral from the clients GP in order to support shared care arrangements in relation to hormone treatment information.

If you would like more information about Gender Dysphoria  or Hormone treatment used click here or if you would like information as a referrer click here


Commonly used medication

Anti-androgens

To reduce the Male biological sex characteristics this can be used to  block the effects or reduce the levels of the biological sex hormone.
Leuprorelin is usually used for this.

Oestrogens

Oestrogens are female hormones, they will cause the body to develop female characteristics, however they will not cause the reversal of all masculine features.

Androgens

Androgens will create characteristics of the opposite gender. They are male hormones and will cause the body to develop male characteristics, however they will not cause the reversal of all feminine features