Information for Transgender
Updating your details
You can request to change gender on your record at any time, and do not need to have undergone any form of gender reassignment treatment to do so. Changing your name will not automatically change the gender marker on your medical record, you need to let us know if you also want this to be changed.
We make a request to PCSE for this to happen on your behalf. When your gender has changed you will be issued with a new NHS number (which is not reversible) and registered at the practice as a ‘new patient’.
All previous medical information relating to the patient will be transferred into a newly created medical record. The practice will notify the PCSE (Primary Care Support England) and we must make you aware of the possible time scales and implications of changing the gender marker (e.g. changes to recalls for cancer screening services) please see the NHS website for details.
Screening for Trans People at a Glance
Trans women and non-binary people assigned male at birth who are registered with a GP as female:
- are invited for breast screening
- are invited for bowel cancer screening
- do not need cervical screening as they do not have a cervix
- are not routinely invited for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening but can request screening
Trans women and non-binary people assigned male at birth who are registered with a GP as male:
- are not routinely invited for breast screening but can request screening
- are invited for bowel cancer screening
- do not need cervical screening as they do not have a cervix
- are invited for AAA screening
Trans men and non-binary people assigned female at birth who are registered with a GP as female:
- are invited for breast screening
- are invited for bowel cancer screening
- are invited for cervical screening
- are not invited for AAA screening
Trans men and non-binary people assigned female at birth who are registered with a GP as male:
- are not routinely invited for breast screening but can request screening
- are invited for bowel cancer screening
- are not routinely invited for cervical screening but can request screening
- are invited for AAA screening but do not have a high risk of AAA.