#nhs-wales — Public Fediverse posts

@RabBrucesSpider1

Westminster and the English media do exactly the same about #NHSWales #NHS #Wales 🤬

PSA for any trans person on a gender clinic waiting list in England, Scotland, or Northern Ireland considering a move to Wales

The Welsh Gender Service (WGS) will take into account the time you've already spent waiting on another gender clinic's waiting list 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

How do we know this?

We emailed the WGS back in November 2023, asking whether we'd have to join the back of the queue at the WGS if we moved to Wales. Their response is shown in the image.

Their email address is [email protected] if you wish to verify this.

Please feel free to boost this, so that more folks are aware of it :BoostsOKPrideSymbol:

#NHS #NHSWales #NHSEngland #NHSScotland #NHSNorthernIreland #UK #WGS #WelshGenderService #trans #transgender #transition #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GIC #GenderClinics #GenderIdentity #GenderIdentityClinics #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+

@harriettmb

Caroline didn't have a Spring booster either. Although she's older than me (72 vs 68), I'm CV so have had a booster every six months without fail...thank you #NHSWales 🙏

However, we both still use masks indoors 👍

PSA for any trans person getting feminising gender-affirming hormone therapy through the NHS

Most NHS gender clinics across the UK have heavily restrictive oestradiol (estradiol; E2) target ranges, which are not in line with international best practice or guidance 😮‍💨

Some target as low as 200 to 400 pmol/L (54 to 109 pg/mL).

Many target an arbitrary, narrow 400 to 600 pmol/L (109 to 163 pg/mL) range.

Only a couple are more in line with international guidance, using a wider 350 to 750 pmol/L (95 pg/mL to 204 pg/mL).

If you test above their range, they will typically reduce your E2 dose, even if you feel better with a higher E2 level.

As such, it is always morally justified to take steps to make your E2 level lower when they demand a blood test to stop your dose being lowered :TransHeart: ✊

Edit: This post about E2 ranges from NHS GICs is from 2021, but given how glacially the NHS moves, it's probably still accurate.

#NHS #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLiberation #TransLiberationNow #HRT #GAHT #OpenHRT #trans #transgender #transition #NHSEngland #NHSScotland #NHSWales

#Wales is latest #UK #nation to #pause #pubertyblockers for under-18s.

The #physically #reversible #hormoneblockers, which #suppress unwanted elements of #puberty for #young #transteens, will no longer be available to new patients, following a #decision by #NHSWales.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Wales #TransKids #Transitioning #Tories #TERFS #NHS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #GateKeeping #WorkingAsIntended #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/23/nhs-wales-puberty-blockers/

Oooh!

My Covid-19 Spring booster has just been booked by #CardiffAndValeUniversityHealthBoard #CV_UHB 👍

Thank you, #NHSWales for keeping me safe ❤️

'#Measles outbreaks' [In #England & #Wales]: why are cases rising and #vaccination rates falling?

#Covid19 confusion, debunked link to #autism and lack of #NHS funding all contributing to rise in this serious disease
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/20/uk-measles-outbreaks-why-are-cases-rising-and-vaccination-rates-falling
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PublicHealth #NHSEngland #NHSWales #UnderfundingPublicServices #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforePeople

‘I had got to a dark place’: #NHS project helps #mothers in #Wales cope with life after birth

#MumsMatter courses teach #MentalHealth tools and offer peer support for those overwhelmed by negative thoughts
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/04/nhs-project-helping-mothers-cope-life-after-birth
#PerinatalMentalHealth #NHSWales #Health

Query for fellow trans / non-binary folks in the UK who want gender affirming healthcare via the NHS:

If the NHS actually offered world-class gender-affirming healthcare, what would you ask for? :TransHeart: :NonBinaryHeart:

#trans #enby #transgender #NonBinary #NHS #NHSEngland #NHSWales #NHSScotland #NHSNI #NHSUK #TransHealthcare #healthcare #transition #UK

@jujuliagrace

Hashtags will help here 🙂👍

Examples follow 😁

#NHSPrivatisation #NHSWales #ToryCorruption

Just had my latest #Covid booster. Quick, easy and painless as usual.......big thank you to #nhswales