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DHB gender-affirming healthcare services

Gloria Fraser made this Official Information request to Canterbury 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 Canterbury District Health Board.

Could you please advise whether the following gender-affirming healthcare services are funded by the Canterbury 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 Canterbury District Health Board does not offer this service? Does the Canterbury 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

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Canterbury District Health Board

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From: Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board

Attachment CDHB 9864 Acknowledgement letter 23 5 2018.pdf
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Kind regards

 

Kathleen Smitheram

 

Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board

Project Facilitator, Planning and Funding

Level 2, 32 Oxford Terrace

PO Box 1600

Christchurch 8140

 

 

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From: Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board

Attachment CDHB 9864 Response with Appendices 19 06 2018.pdf
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Dear Gloria

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
CDHB 9864.

Kind regards

 

Kathleen Smitheram

Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board

Project Facilitator, Planning and Funding

Level 2, 32 Oxford Terrace

PO Box 1600

Christchurch 8140

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