Английская Википедия:GenderGP

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GenderGP is a online transgender clinic founded by English physicians Helen Webberley and Mike Webberley. It is based in Singapore but provides services worldwide. It has been the subject of controversy as a result of regulatory actions taken against its founders in the United Kingdom, where it is the only private-sector provider of health care to transgender youth.

Founding and history

GenderGP was founded in 2015 by English physicians Helen Webberley and Mike Webberley as a private telemedicine service for gender-affirming care following the concern of excessive waiting lists for an initial NHS assessment. The clinic provides worldwide access to gender-affirming healthcare as well as counselling services for patients and family members. Within the United Kingdom, the clinic is the only private provider of health care for transgender youth. As a result of controversy surrounding the clinic's founders, ownership was transferred to Harland International of Hong Kong in 2019. GenderGP is registered in Singapore Шаблон:As of.

Alongside Susie Green, the former CEO of Mermaids, GenderGP launched a charitable fund in February 2023 to provide gender-affirming health care to young trans people through the clinic's services. Twitch streamer and gamer F1NN5TER donated $50,000 to the fund in May 2023. Green said that the donation would likely provide support for 24 people, with each individual receiving a year of free care.

The Telegraph published two investigative articles critical of GenderGP in February 2021. The first article reported that the clinic was willing to prescribe testosterone to an undercover reporter posing as a 15-year-old trans boy, without needing parental consent. The second article stated that two undercover reporters posing as the parents of a 12-year-old trans girl might be able to get a prescription for puberty blockers, following the reporters having two appointments with a counsellor and one with a doctor. Although the child was not present, the report also stated that the 12-year old would need to have a few appointments with a counsellor. Responding to the investigations, GenderGP said that its doctors had "the ultimate authority on all treatments", and that the clinic follows a "stage not age" approach, referring to stage of puberty, when providing health care to trans youth.

In February 2024, The Telegraph reported that the clinical commissioning group for south-east London had issued a safety alert advising advising doctors not to prescribe puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormone therapy on the advice of GenderGP, as the clinic does "not provide physiological or psychological support" to its patients.

Suspension of founders

In May 2017, Helen, a general practitioner, was issued an interim suspension order by the General Medical Council (GMC), following complaints made about her clinical approach by clinicians at the Gender Identity Development Service. On appeal, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) found in 2022 that while Helen failed to provide adequate follow-up care to two patients, she was competent to provide treatment to trans youth and adults. The tribunal also found that her fitness to practice was impaired, saying she had failed to provide adequate advise to a 11-year-old patient about the risks to fertility arising from treatment. It suspended her from practice for a period of two months.

The tribunal findings were later overturned by the High Court, with Justice Robert Jay describing the tribunal's thinking as "confused, clearly wrong in places," and that it "omitted reference to important evidence." The ruling found that the allegation in the charge of failing to provide advice on the effects of fertility to the 11-year-old patient was unclear, as it did not state whether there was no discussion at all, or whether there was a discussion but it was not directly with the patient. It also found that the tribunal had erred by omitting reference to an email from Helen's administrative assistant to the patient's mother. Although Jay had concerns about some aspects of Helen's practice in relation to the patient, including that she should have discussed the risks to fertility directly with the patient, he said that "it is far from clear to me that what did take place should be strongly criticised." As a result of the appeal, Helen was allowed to resume work as a doctor in the United Kingdom.

As a result of his wife's suspension in 2017, Mike, then a retired consultant gastroenterologist, took over care of the clinic's patients. In May 2019 the GMC issued an interim suspension order against Mike, stating that the care he provided "fell below the standards expected". A subsequent MPTS hearing found Mike had acted outside the limits of his expertise when providing treatment to seven transgender patients of GenderGP. Although the tribunal noted that he had not been subject to any previous disciplinary findings, it concluded that his conduct was incompatible with registration as a doctor, and struck his name from the medical register.

External links

• Шаблон:Official website