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Help with writing to my MP?

admin — Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:57 am

Author: admin

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:57 am

Wingedwolf wrote:

What kind of things should I address in a letter to my MP? I have just decided to write one now, advised by my psychiatrist. Should I focus it around the HCW dilemas or more on the fact in general of trans people having trouble in Wales?

Please help!

I personally based all my letters on both HCW dilemas and the fact that trans people are having trouble in Wales due to the HCWs petty minded idea of gender dysphoria, mind you over 20 letters later they start to ignore you after a while, they even start ingnoring the professionals in the field such as my clinical pschologist, who never stops asking why funding is not been given.

HCW just ignoring everyone!

admin — Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:50 am

Author: admin

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:50 am

The HCW is the governing body over the health isssues in Wales, even if you write to Patricia Hewitt, your letters are re-directed back to the HCW, and in the eyes of the HCW gender issues seem to be something they want no part of, mainly due to lack of understanding in gender dysphoria.

Possible meet?

Emma — Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:01 pm

Author: Emma

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:01 pm

Yeah maybe so.

It would be just nice to see this forum get some regular users to start discussing things in relation to some of the problems faced by transgendered people, and just to have a community of people in wales to chat to.

Moving to England?

Wingedwolf — Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:33 pm

Author: Wingedwolf

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:33 pm

What kind of difference would it make if I moved to England i.e. Chester and found a new GP, and tried it that way?

Any other F2m's here?

Wingedwolf — Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:25 pm

Author: Wingedwolf

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:25 pm

Have you had trouble trying to transition? Could you possibly give me any advice?

The HCW's three criteria for transsexualism

Wingedwolf — Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:23 pm

Author: Wingedwolf

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:23 pm

TWO YEARS!??!!? I'm gonna have to wait another year and a half for Testostrome? ;_;

just wondering

Wingedwolf — Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:15 pm

Author: Wingedwolf

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:15 pm

What do you mean by that? And whereabouts are you?

Is funding ever going to be available?

Wingedwolf — Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:12 pm

Author: Wingedwolf

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:12 pm

'The final hurdle'? I'm pre-T and I can't even get a refferal to london or any other clinic yet... I'm planning on going on hormones and haveing chest surgery but I don't seem to be getting anywhere. >.<

Still no reply

admin — Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:28 pm

Author: admin

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:28 pm

Well it seems that the HCW has totally decided that I'm not worth the time and effort for replies as they are still ignoring me

Help - I need someone like me to talk to

crimsone — Mon May 01, 2006 2:57 pm

Author: crimsone

Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 2:57 pm

I am struggling for a treatment referral to HCW myself. I'm afraid that at no other time would I suggest this to a person in distress, but really, the best thing you can do is to...

1, contact your GP, and get a referral to a hospital psychiatrist
2, get your hospital psychiatrist to request an Out of Area referral for assesment for GID
3, when the report returns, request referral to CHX, (including HCW funding - CHX will request that funding is secured first)
4, keep on at HCW by any means you can - they can't be allowed to think that they can simply get away with the way they are treating us (or anybody else for that matter).

In the mean time, feel free to vent your anger and frustrations here (or anywhere else appropriate).

When it comes to counselling, it may depend on the area in which you live. To the best of my knowledge, Wales doesn't have any councellors specialising on gender in the NHS. Personally, after two years, I've been referred to a psychologist by my local PCT, but how able she will be remains to be seen. As for treatment, I'm afraid HCW have been clear in their policy (to me at least) that any form of private treatment for the condition will barr a patient from NHS treatment in Wales for the condition - a policy which when questioned, resulted in their telling me that self-medication (ie, buying hormones on the black market) would not prevent NHS treatment, but a shared care agreement between my GP and a private psychiatrist would.

I really do empathise with any trouble you may be having - lets hope that HCW see senSe (and obtain a little thing called compassion alongside a little regard for clinical issues) too!

Hugs xx

HCW - GENDER DYSPHORIA � TREATMENT REFERRAL PROFILE

Anonymous — Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:58 am

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:58 am

I got that impression too. lol.

It's Crimsone by the way, in case you hadn't guessed. I've just been lazy. lol

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