Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve communication and information sharing between Gender Identity Services and GPs on patients under their care to help ensure that GPs have the information needed to provide appropriate ongoing care.

The Government is committed to people being able to move to another local authority or health and social care trust area in the United Kingdom without worrying that their care and support could be interrupted, including transgender patients. We encourage anybody that changes their general practice (GP) or moves out of their area to retain information such as their NHS number, which can make it easier for a new GP to find medical records.

If appropriate, specialised NHS Gender Services and GPs may enter into a shared care agreement to ensure ongoing, continuity of care for a patient, and all relevant medical information should be shared between NHS Gender Services and the GP.