Head of HSE gender healthcare to step down at end of year after drafting new model of care
Minister of State Mary Butler praised Icelandic model and sought funding for HSE gender clinic in Drogheda, letter released under FOI shows
National Gender Service
Transgender care waiting list to close due to resource pressures
National Gender Service psychiatrist Dr Paul Moran says decision is ‘very regrettable’
Ireland worst in EU for transgender healthcare with four-year wait times, Dáil hears
Labour’s Marie Sherlock says young people ‘self-medicating on the black market’
High Court grants leave for doctors to bring action over State’s transgender care policy
Prof Donal O’Shea and Dr Paul Moran challenging HSE’s referral of young people for assessment abroad
Doctors initiate legal action over State’s transgender policy
Clinicians made a formal complaint against HSE over its referral of young people for assessment abroad
What now for transgender healthcare in Ireland after publication of the Cass review?
The landmark report by UK paediatrician Hilary Cass into transgender treatment for young people is published as the HSE plans a new Irish clinical programme for gender healthcare
Health insurers approving small but steady number of gender-affirming surgery cases
VHI has approved fewer than 25 over the past three years
The function, demand, limits and future of the National Gender Service
Dr Karl Neff, clinical lead at the Loughlinstown clinic, explains how the service works and why more resources are needed
New staff for National Gender Service due to rapid growth in demand
Waiting list for service set for continued growth as increased capacity will be insufficient
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