Up until now, there has been a disparate and distinct lack of easily accessible information available to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and non-binary community on the practical processes and implications of changing title and gender marker. There have been many reports of misunderstanding and in some cases mistreatment, in the absence of clear guidance on entitlement and expectation; coupled with a widespread lack of knowledge and advice available to staff on the ground in general practice. Luckily, with the colliding of Pride in Practice, Indigo Gender Service, The Institute of General Practice Management and Practice Index worlds, a team of representatives from each have put their heads together, spent time gathering all the available information, experiences and knowledge, and together, Aimee, Luke, Kay, Ali and their colleagues have taken time out to talk us through what is already an invaluable resource; The Gender Identity Toolkit for General Practice.

 

Introduction (9 secs)

 

Our panel members (31 secs)

 

Meeting Aimee and the role of Pride in Practice (54 secs)

 

Dr Luke Wookey tells us more about Indigo Gender Service (1 min 58 secs)

 

Why was the toolkit created? (2 mins 51 secs)

 

The process of centralising knowledge and guidance (4 mins 11 secs)

 

The importance of information gathering and sharing, and a collective approach (4 mins 49 secs)

 

Confusion around records management and establishment of clear guidelines (5 mins 34 secs)

 

Existing barriers felt by the trans and non-binary community (6 mins 19 secs)

 

Bureaucracy, misunderstanding and a lack of knowledge on all sides (7 mins 23 secs)

 

How to get the most from the toolkit (8 mins 36 secs)

 

Summarising the process for changing title and gender marker (9 mins 14 secs)

 

The implications for screening and having access to a lead professional within the practice (12 mins 5 secs)

 

Bringing all the information together (13 mins 55 secs)

 

What difference will the toolkit make? (14 mins 14 secs)

 

A working example of the impact of Pride in Practice (14 mins 54 secs)

 

Ensuring the policy is adopted at a local level (16 mins 17 secs)

 

Applying the policy within daily practice (17 mins 47 secs)

 

Ensuring there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ approach (18 mins 42 secs)

 

Implications of records migration (19 mins 22 secs)

 

The training on offer from Pride in Practice (20 mins 48 secs)

 

Accessing the toolkit – and other resources (22 mins 27 secs)

 

 

 

The Practice Index website link to the toolkit (and the relevant discussion forums) is here

You can also access the toolkit via the IGPM website here

Pride in Practice’s website can be found here. If you are interested in learning more about the training on offer, please get in touch here

The link to the Indigo Gender Service website is here

Indigo Gender Service also have a dedicated email for healthcare professionals to get in touch which is [email protected] - or you can contact Luke directly at [email protected]  

Luke has recently featured on another podcast with Primary Care Knowledge Boost around trans health which may also provide some additional useful information for primary care teams.

Kay is contactable on Twitter, if you have any further queries

The Gender Identity Toolkit Launch webinar is available on the IGPM YouTube channel now

For all enquiries about the Practice Index / Ockham podcast, please contact James Dillon here or Ben Gowland here