Information for trans patients 

We know that accessing healthcare can occasionally be daunting, and that this can be especially true for some trans and gender-diverse patients. With this in mind, we would like to reassure our patients regarding a few of our policies: 

• Our staff will respect your pronouns and will make every effort to ensure our records reflect them 
• Where it is necessary for your treatment for us to know your sex assigned at birth this will be treated respectfully and in the strictest confidence 
• If you need to stay on one of our wards your self-identified gender will be respected. This includes if you identify as neither male nor female where we will discuss your preferences with you. 
• We have added sanitary bins to several male toilet areas and are working towards creating more gender-neutral facilities 

Contact details

If you have any questions or would like to talk to someone about this, you are welcome to contact our LGBTQ+ ambassador forum at LGBTQ.Forum@lthtr.nhs.uk or our patient experience and involvement lead, Alison Cookson at alison.cookson@lthtr.nhs.uk.