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Hormone Treatments: Young People

Asked by Rosie DuffieldIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 April 2025UIN 39059

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of new prescriptions issued by NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Services for (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone to young people aged 16-18

Answered by Karin Smyth

Since 1 April 2024 there have been no new initiations of exogenous hormones through the NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service.

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