Guidance

Doctors and psychologists specialising in gender dysphoria

Updated 18 November 2024

When you apply for Gender Recognition Certificate, you need to provide a medical report written by a doctor or psychologist specialising in gender dysphoria.

Doctors must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and have a licence to practice. If your medical report was written before 16 November 2009, they only need to be registered with the GMC.

Psychologists must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

This is not a full list and you do not have to use someone from this list.

The section on former medical practitioners might be helpful if you are looking for contact details for someone who has previously treated you or written your medical reports.

Most applications need to include a second report written by a medical professional, but they do not need to specialise in gender dysphoria. This report could be written by your GP or surgeon.

London

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  • Mr Giuseppe Di Taranto, Consultant Plastic Surgeon

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
369 Fulham Road
London
SW10 9NH

Email: [email protected]

Gender Identity Clinic, Finchley Road

  • Dr Danial Bennion-Leahy, Specialty Doctor in Gender Identity
  • Dr Alison May Berner, Specialist Registrar in Gender Identity, Speciality Trainee and Clinical Research Fellow in Medical Oncology

Gender Identity Clinic
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Lief House
3 Sumpter Close
Finchley Road
London
NW3 5HR

Email: [email protected]

Gender Identity Clinic, Hammersmith

  • Dr Anna Barnes, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr James Barrett, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Mr James Bellringer, Consultant Urological Surgeon
  • Dr Vikinjeet Bhatia, MRCPsych, MBBS, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr A J Davies, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr Jess Gran DPsych, CPsychol, AFBPsS
  • Dr Leighton Seal
  • Dr Christina Richards, Lead Consultant Psychologist and Head of Research – Adult Gender Service
  • Dr Kirpal Sahota, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Gender Specialist

Gender Identity Clinic
179 to 183 Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8QZ

Telephone: 020 8938 7590

Website: Gender Identity Clinic

Gender Plus

  • Dr Aidan Kelly, Clinical Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist

Gender Plus
8 to 9 Kingsmead Way
London
E9 5QG

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.genderplus.com

The Priory Hospital Hayes Grove

  • Dr Martin Baggaley, Consultant Psychiatrist

The Priory Hospital Hayes Grove
Prestons Rd
Hayes
Bromley
BR2 7AS

South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

  • Dr Sylvia Hejda-Forde

South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
The Maudsley Hospital
Psychosexual Service
De Crespigny Park
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AZ

Telephone: 020 3228 2458

Email: [email protected]

Website: Psychosexual Service

York Clinic

  • Dr Nicholas Dunn, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr Kerry A Jamieson

York Clinic
Thomas Guy House
Guy’s Hospital
47 Weston Street
London
SE1 3RR

Telephone: 020 3228 6000

London Transgender Clinic

Mr Christopher Inglefield BSc, MBBS, FRCS (Plast), Specialist Transgender Surgeon

London Transgender Clinic
54 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 8YJ

Telephone: 0207 487 0910

Email: [email protected]

Website: The London Transgender Clinic

Dr Dmitri Popelyuk

Dr Dmitri Popelyuk, Consultant Psychiatrist

70 Harley Street
London
W1G 7HF

Telephone: 020 7099 5383

Email: [email protected]

Website: Dr Dmitri Popelyuk

Parkside Hospital

Miss Tina Rashid BSc(Hons) FRCS(Urol), Consultant in Functional Urology and Genital Reconstruction

Parkside Hospital
53 Parkside
Wimbledon
SW19 5NX

Email: [email protected]

Laura Scarrone Bonhomme

Laura Scarrone Bonhomme, Clinical Psychologist

Email: [email protected]

Website: Laura Scarrone Bonhomme

TransPlus

Dr Tara Suchak, Consultant

TransPlus
56 Dean Street
Soho
London
W1D 6AQ

Email: [email protected]

Website: TransPlus

Harley Street Gender Clinic

  • Dr Vickie Pasterski, Gender Specialist
  • Lukas Dressler, Counselling Psychologist

Harley Street Gender Clinic
10 Harley Street
London
W1G 9PF

Website: Harley Street Gender Clinic

Dr Alex Penny Lenihan

Dr Alex Penny Lenihan BSc(Hons), MSC, DPsych, Couns, CPsychol, EuroPsy, AFBPsS, Consultant Psychologist and Senior Gender Specialist

Suite 326
94 Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 9PL

Email: [email protected]

Website: Dr Alex Penny Lenihan

North East

Northern Region Gender Dysphoria Service

  • Dr Ruth Bevan
  • Dr Ruth Evans
  • Dr Helen Greener, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr Martha Hawker, Trust Grade Doctor in Gender Dysphoria
  • Dr Rachel Jones, GP in Gender Dysphoria
  • Dr Anna Laws, Clinical Psychologist
  • Dr Nicola Matcheson, Consultant in Gender Dysphoria
  • Dr Michael Shaw, Consultant
  • Dr Victoria Thomas, Consultant in Gender Dysphoria
  • Dr Ewa M W Young

Northern Region Gender Dysphoria Service
Benfield House
Walkergate Park
Benfield Road
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE6 4QD

Telephone: 0191 287 6130

Email: [email protected]

Website: Northern Region Gender Dysphoria Service

Dr Dunleavy

Dr Dunleavy, Consultant Psychiatrist

11 Graham Park Road
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 4BH

North West

Indigo Gender Service

Dr Luke Wookey, Clinical Lead

gtd healthcare
New Century House
Progress Way
Denton
Manchester
M34 2GP

Telephone: 0161 710 1196

Email: [email protected]

Website: Indigo Gender Service

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Dr Gillian Stratford, Consultant Psychiatrist

Previously:

The Rawnsley Building
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester
M13 9WL

Timperley Health Centre

Dr Colin Westwood

Timperley Health Centre
169 Grove Lane
Timperley
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA15 6PH

Telephone: 0161 980 8041

Website: Timperley Health Centre

Northern Gender Network

Dr H Eli Joubert, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

c/o O’Meara Fitzmaurice & Co
Brimstage Hall
Brimstage Road
Wirral
CH63 6JA

Email: [email protected]

Website: Northern Gender Network

Dr Joubert also practices at the Leeds Gender Identity Service.

Yorkshire and the Humber

Dignity Gender Assessment Services

  • Dr Adele McGovern, Clinical Director and Clinical Psychologist
  • Dr Heather Wood, Clinical Director and Clinical Psychologist

Dignity Gender Assessment Services
PO Box 456
Leeds
LS14 9NP

Email: [email protected]

Website: Dignity Gender Assessment Services

Leeds Gender Identity Service

  • Dr Julie Ayres, Medical Practitioner with Special Interest
  • Dr Ruth Bond
  • Dr Laura Charlton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
  • Dr Peter J Hammond, Consultant Endocrinologist
  • Dr H Eli Joubert, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Leeds Gender Identity Service
Newsam Centre
Seacroft Hospital
Leeds
LS14 6WB

Telephone: 0113 855 6346

Email: [email protected]

Porterbrook Clinic, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust

  • Dr Justin M Gardner
  • Dr Aleksandar Mido Pavlovic
  • Dr Ilona Singer

Porterbrook Clinic
Michael Carlisle Centre
75 Osborne Road
Nether Edge
Sheffield
S11 9BF

Telephone: 0114 271 6671

Email: [email protected]

Shipley Medical Practice

Dr Amal Y Beaini FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist, Honorary Lecturer Faculty of Medicine, Leeds University

Shipley Medical Practice
Alexandra Road
Shipley
BD18 3EG

Telephone: 01274 531153

Dr Beaini was previously based at Cygnet Hospital in Harrogate.

Drury Lane Health and Wellbeing Centre

Dr Padakkara Saju, Consultant Psychiatrist and Consultant Psychotherapist

Drury Lane Health and Wellbeing Centre
Drury Lane
Wakefield
WF1 2TE

Telephone: 01924 316921

Email: [email protected]

Yorkshire Gender Endocrinology Services

Dr Victoria Millson, Consultant Endocrinologist

PO Box 376
Ilkley
LS29 1JN

Email: [email protected]

Dr Millson also practices at the Leeds Gender Identity Service.

East Midlands

Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health

  • Professor Jon Arcelus
  • Dr Nick Austin, Associate Specialist
  • Dr Walter Pierre Bouman, Consultant Psychiatrist–Sexologist
  • Dr Derek Glidden
  • Dr Sarah Murjan, Consultant Psychiatrist

Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health
12 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL

Telephone: 0115 876 0160

Email: [email protected]

Nottingham Gender Clinic

Dr Karen Baker, Consultant Psychiatrist

Nottingham Gender Clinic
Mandala Centre
Gregory Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 6LB

Telephone: 0115 960 2820

Spire Leicester Hospital

Dr Deenesh Khoosal, Consultant Psychiatrist

Spire Leicester Hospital
Gartree Road
Oadby
Leicester
LE2 2FF

Telephone: 0116 490 1063

Website: Spire Leicester Hospital

Northamptonshire Gender Identity Clinic

  • Dr Sue Cotton, Senior Clinical Psychologist
  • Dr Jatan Parmar, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr Alastair Pipkin
  • Dr Simon Tickle, MBChB GP Specialist (Gender Identity and Social Exclusion)
  • Dr Bryan Timmins
  • Dr Hasit Vaidya
  • Dr Mel Wiseman, Psychologist

Gender Clinic
Daventry Mental Health Resource Centre
Danetre Hospital
London Road
Daventry
NN11 4DY

Telephone: 01327 708147

Email: [email protected]

Website: Northamptonshire Gender Identity Clinic

South East

Lukas Dressler Psychology

Lukas Dressler, Counselling Psychologist

Lukas Dressler Psychology
Kingsway House
134 Church Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 2DL

Telephone: 07399 636 801

Email: [email protected]

Website: Lukas Dressler Psychology

Psychology Sussex

  • Dr Katy Baboulene, Psychologist
  • Dr O.A. Ojo, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr Jonathan Willows, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

Psychology Sussex
6 The Drive
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 3JA

Telephone: 01273 778123

Email: [email protected]

Website: Psychology Sussex

East of England

University of Cambridge

Dr Vickie Pasterski, Psychologist

Department of Social and Development Psychology
University of Cambridge
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RQ

East of England Gender Service

Dr Yan Lynn Htoo, Transgender Health Clinician (GP)

East of England Gender Service
Douglas House
18b Trumpington Road
Cambridge
CB2 8AH

Email: [email protected]

Website: East of England Gender Service

South West

St Michaels Community Mental Health Team

Dr John Daniel Dean, Clinical Director, Gender and Sexual Medicine

St Michaels Community Mental Health Team
Newton Abbot Hospital
62 East Street
Newton Abbott
Devon
TQ12 4PT

West of England Specialist Gender Identity Clinic

  • Dr Ruth Hall
  • Dr Sarah James, Specialist Psychological Interventions Lead
  • Dr Philip Kell
  • Dr Jan Longworth, Speciality Doctor
  • Dr Laura Mitchell
  • Dr Anita Pearson, Gender Specialist
  • Dr Malik Saoudi
  • Dr Sathish Thomas William MBBS MD FRCP, Consultant Physician

West of England Specialist GIC
The Laurels
11 to 15 Dix’s Field
Exeter
EX1 1QA

Telephone: 01392 677077

Email: [email protected]

Website: West of England Specialist GIC

The Greenway Centre

Dr Dan Hodgson

The Greenway Centre
Doncaster Road
Southmead
Bristol
BS10 5PY

Bristol Royal Infirmary

Professor Andy Levy

Bristol Royal Infirmary
Marlborough Street
Bristol
BS2 8HW

Telephone: 0117 923 0000

Website: Bristol Royal Infirmary

Gender Identity South West

Dr Debby Jackson, Clinical Psychologist

Gender Identity South West
The Consulting Rooms
34 Denmark Road
Exeter
EX1 1SE

Scotland

Highland Sexual Health

Dr Amber Keenan, Clinical Lead

Highland Sexual Health
Raigmore Hospital
Old Perth Road
Inverness
IV2 3UJ

Telephone: 0146 388 8300

Website: Highland Sexual Health

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Dr Sarah Kennedy

Department of Psychological Medicine
The Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
51 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA

Telephone: 01315 361000

Chalmers Sexual Health Centre

Dr Sarah Kennedy

NHS Lothian
2a Chalmers Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9ES

Telephone: 0131 536 1070

Website: Chalmers Sexual Health Centre

Highland Primary Health Trust

Caroline J Dobson Clinical Psychologist

Previously:

Psychology Department
Highland Primary Health Trust
New Craig
6 to 16 Leachkin Road
Inverness

Florence Street Resource Centre

Dr John Forbes MBChB, MRPsych, MSc, Consultant Psychiatrist

Florence Street Resource Centre
26 Florence Street
Glasgow
G5 0YX

Telephone: 0141 232 7000

YourGP Gender Clinic

Dr Chin Chong, GP and Gender Specialist

YourGP Gender Clinic
Waterside House
19 Hawthornbank Lane
Edinburgh
EH4 3BH

Telephone: 0131 225 5656

Website: YourGP Gender Clinic

Northern Ireland

The Centre for Psychotherapy

Dr Sarah Kennedy

Shimna House
The Centre for Psychotherapy
Knockbraken Healthcare Park
Saintfield Road
Belfast
BT8 8BH

Telephone: 028 9063 8854

Wales

St Cadoc’s Hospital

Dr N Jamil, Consultant Psychiatrist

St Cadoc’s Hospital
Lodge Road
Caerleon
Newport
NP18 3XQ

Telephone: 01633 436700

Website: St Cadoc’s Hospital

Adult Psychology Services

Dr Kenny Midence, Principal Clinical Psychologist

Adult Psychology Services
Hergest Unit
Ysbyty Gwynedd
Bangor
LL57 2PW

Welsh Gender Service

  • Dr Stuart Lorimer, Consultant Psychiatrist
  • Dr Ella Rafferty (she/her), Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist
  • Dr Sophie Quinney, Clinical Director and GP Gender Clinician

Welsh Gender Service
St David’s Hospital
Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff
CF11 9XB

Telephone: 029 2183 6612

Website: Welsh Gender Service

Former and unlisted medical practitioners

Your medical report may be from a gender dysphoria specialist who is no longer in practice or are not on the clinic lists we have. Reports from the following former and unlisted practitioners will still be accepted by the panel as long as the details meet their requirements.

  • Dr Tad Baecker, News Craigs Hospital, Inverness or Culag House, Inverness-shire
  • Dr Paul Belchetz, Nuffield Hospital, Leeds
  • Dr Andrew Blewett, The Laurels Clinic of Gender and Sexual Medicine, Exeter
  • Dr Hedley R Board, Cherry Knowle Hospital, Sunderland
  • Dr Deborah Beere, Northern Region Gender Dysphoria Service
  • Dr John S Callender, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen
  • Dr Susan Carr, The Gender Clinic, Glasgow
  • Dr D Di Ceglie, The Tavistock Clinic, London
  • Dr Grainne Coakley, Consultant Psychiatrist (unaffiliated)
  • Dr Dermot Connelly, Addiction Treatment Unit, Derry, Northern Ireland
  • Dr Madalina Cosmulescu (unaffiliated)
  • Dr Richard James Curtis, London Gender Clinic, London
  • Dr David Dalrymple, Gender Identity Clinic, London
  • Dr Philip Dodgson, Department of Psychology and Counselling, Brighton
  • Dr John Ewan, Sandyford Sexual Health Services
  • Brian G Ferguson, Nottingham Gender Clinic, Nottingham
  • Dr Hugh C Ferguson, Kingswood, Northampton
  • Dr Valerie Francis, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London
  • Dr Mary Gabbott, Penbury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells
  • Dr David Gerber, Consultant Psychiatrist (unaffiliated)
  • Dr Fiona Gibson, Highland Sexual Health, Scotland
  • Dr Richard Green, Imperial College Healthcare, London
  • Dr R Ingram, The Centre of Psychotherapy, Northern Ireland
  • Dr Moira Johnston, Cherry Knowle Hospital, Sunderland
  • Dr Stephen Logsdail, Campbell Centre, Milton Keynes
  • Dr Joyce Rona Martin, Oakham Road, Oldbury
  • Dr Lisa McClelland, The Laurels, Exeter
  • Dr Gordon McKenna, Highland Sexual Health, Inverness
  • Professor Prem C. Misra, Parkhead Hospital, Glasgow
  • Dr Sally Mitchison, Cherry Knowle Hospital, Sunderland
  • Dr Daniel Mogford, Chalmers Sexual Health Centre, Edinburgh
  • Dr Don Montgomery, Gender Identity Clinic, London
  • Dr Lyndsey Myskow, Sexual Problems Clinic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Dr Ayanangshu Nayak, Consultant Psychiatrist (unaffiliated)
  • Dr Margaret O’Farrell (unaffiliated)
  • Dr E O’Gorman, Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland
  • Dr J E Olive, Town Close GIC, Norwich
  • Dr R F Orr, HMS Drake, HM Naval Base, Plymouth
  • Dr Michael Perring, Boundary House, Petworth
  • Caroline Preston, Registered Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Northern Region Gender Dysphoria Service
  • Dr Russell Reid, The London Institute, London
  • Jean Sambrooks, Mersey Care NHS Trust, Liverpool
  • Dr Abhijeeth R Shetty, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist (unaffiliated)
  • Dr Margaret Semple, Gowrie House, Dundee, Scotland
  • Dr Phillip Snaith, St James University Hospital, Leeds
  • Dr Anita Taylor, Central Health Clinic and Porterbrook Clinic, Sheffield
  • Dr Lynne Webster, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester
  • Dr Jason Westwater (unaffiliated)
  • Dr Helen Wilkins, Sexual Health Wirral, Birkenhead
  • Dr Gordon Wilkinson FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist, and Clinical Lead, National Young People’s Gender Service
  • Dr Kevan R Wylie, Consultant in Sexual Medicine (unaffiliated)

Update or add to the list

This list is updated by the Gender Recognition Secretariat. Contact them to suggest any updates.

HM Courts and Tribunals
Gender Recognition Secretariat
PO Box 9300
Leicester
LE1 8DJ

Telephone: 0300 123 4503

Email: [email protected]