Health: Transgender People
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle potential health inequalities faced by trans people.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne
The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain by tackling the structural inequalities that contribute to poor health, particularly for disadvantaged groups. We are dedicated to ensuring that people live well for longer, spending less time in ill health, regardless of where they are born or their financial circumstances.
Our Health Mission in England will focus on addressing the social determinants of health, with the goal of halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions.
The Government is committed to ensuring trans people receive the care and support they need when accessing National Health Services. NHS England’s ambitious two-year action plan sets out how it will implement recommendations from the Cass Review and continue to improve gender services, helping to tackle waiting lists, whilst ensuring safe and holistic care.
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