DHB gender-affirming healthcare services
Gloria Fraser made this Official Information request to Auckland District Health Board
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From: Gloria Fraser
Tēnā koutou,
I am writing to request information about the gender-affirming healthcare services provided by the Auckland District Health Board.
Could you please advise whether the following gender-affirming healthcare services are funded by the Auckland District Health Board for transgender patients, and whether the services are currently available:
- Hormone therapy
- Mastectomy
- Hysterectomy
- Orchidectomy
- Facial hair removal
- Breast augmentation
- Voice training
Could you please provide information about the process of accessing those services that are available?
- Specifically, is an assessment by a mental health professional required in order to access gender-affirming healthcare services? If so, which services?
- In the case of hormone therapy, can primary health providers prescribe hormones, or does this have to be initially approved by an endocrinologist?
- Is any period of real life experience required to access surgery?
Finally, could you please advise what the process is if transgender patients require one of the above services, but the Auckland District Health Board does not offer this service? Does the Auckland District Health Board currently fund patients to travel to other areas to access this healthcare?
If any part of my request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me.
If any of the information that I have requested is unavailable or would be difficult to retrieve, but similar information might be readily available, I would be happy to discuss altering or refining my request.
Ngā mihi,
Gloria Fraser
From: Michelle Webb (ADHB)
Auckland District Health Board
Dear Gloria
Official Information Act Request – DHB gender-affirming healthcare
services
I acknowledge receipt of your OIA request dated 22 May 2018.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 20 June 2018, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.
We are currently processing your request and will contact you again in due
course.
Kind regards,
Michelle Webb
Interim OIA Coordinator |Corporate Committee Administrator| Committee
Secretary – Disability Support Advisory Committee & Hospital Advisory
Committee |Corporate Business Team
(09 307 4949 ext 22365 | * [1][email address]
Auckland District Health Board| Level 1 | Building A37 | Park Road Grafton
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From: Michelle Webb (ADHB)
Auckland District Health Board
Dear Gloria
Official Information Act Request – DHB gender-affirming healthcare
services
I refer to your official information request dated 22 May 2018. The
information you have requested is attached.
Kind regards,
Michelle Webb
Interim OIA Coordinator |Corporate Committee Administrator| Committee
Secretary – Disability Support Advisory Committee & Hospital Advisory
Committee |Corporate Business Team
(09 307 4949 ext 22365 | * [1][email address]
Auckland District Health Board| Level 1 | Building A37 | Park Road Grafton
Welcome Haere Mai | Respect Manaaki | Together Tūhono | Aim
High Angamua
The information contained in this email and any attachments is
confidential and intended for the named recipients only. If you are not
the intended recipient, please delete this email and notify the sender
immediately. Auckland DHB accepts no responsibility for changes made to
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