Doctors and psychologists specialising in gender dysphoria
Updated 15 February 2024
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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
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: aberner2@tavi-port.nhs.uk
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: info@genderplus.com
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 Valerie Francis
- 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: psychosexualservice@slam.nhs.uk
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: info@thelondontransgenderclinic.uk
Website: The London Transgender Clinic
Dr Dmitri Popelyuk
Dr Dmitri Popelyuk, Consultant Psychiatrist
70 Harley Street
London
W1G 7HF
Telephone: 020 7099 5383
Email: pa@popelyuk.com
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: Rashid.PA@privatecare.health
Laura Scarrone Bonhomme
Laura Scarrone Bonhomme, Clinical Psychologist
Email: info@laurascarrone.com
Website: Laura Scarrone Bonhomme
TransPlus
Dr Tara Suchak, Consultant
TransPlus
56 Dean Street
Soho
London
W1D 6AQ
Email: chelwest.transplusinfo@nhs.net
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: enquiries@drpennylenihan.com
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 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: NRGDS@cntw.nhs.uk
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: hello@indigogenderservice.uk
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
Yorkshire and the Humber
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: gid.lypft@nhs.net
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: porterbrook@shsc.nhs.uk
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: customer.servicesswyt@nhs.net
Yorkshire Gender Endocrinology Services
Dr Victoria Millson, Consultant Endocrinologist
PO Box 376
Ilkley
LS29 1JN
Email: yorkshireges@protonmail.com
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: not-tr.gender-services@nhs.net
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: genderclinic@nhft.nhs.uk
Website: Northamptonshire Gender Identity Clinic
South East
Psychotherapy.Plus
Lukas Dressler, Counselling Psychologist
Psychotherapy.Plus
Kingsway House
134 Church Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 2DL
Telephone: 07399 636 801
Email: ldresslerplus@icloud.com
Website: Psychotherapy.Plus
Psychology Sussex
- Dr Katy Baboulene, Psychologist
- Dr Jonathan Willows, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Psychology Sussex
6 The Drive
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 3JA
Telephone: 01273 778123
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: GeneralEOEGS@nottshc.nhs.uk
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: dpn-tr.thelaurels@nhs.net
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 Fiona Gibson, Speciality Doctor
Highland Sexual Health
Raigmore Hospital
Old Perth Road
Inverness
IV2 3UJ
Telephone: 01463 888300
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 Daniel Mogford, Consultant Psychiatrist
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
Grampian Gender Identity Clinic
Dr Amber Keenan, Clinical Psychologist
Adult Psychiatry
Royal Cornhill Hospital
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZH
Telephone: 01224 557651
Email: gram.gic@nhs.scot
Website: Gender Identity Clinic
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 R Ingram, Consultant Psychiatrist
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 Mary Gabbott, Penbury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells
- Dr David Gerber, Consultant Psychiatrist (unaffiliated)
- Dr Richard Green, Imperial College Healthcare, London
- 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 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
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Leicester
LE1 8DJ
Telephone: 0300 123 4503
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