Question reference: S6W-26403
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made by the National Gender Identity Healthcare Reference Group to implement the commitments set out in the NHS gender identity services: strategic action framework 2022-2024.
Answer
The National Gender Identity Healthcare Reference Group continues to meet and make progress against all the commitments set out within the referenced December 2021 Strategic Action Framework. This includes:
- Healthcare Improvement Scotland developing standards for gender identity healthcare for NHS Scotland;
- NHS Education Scotland developing a Transgender Health Knowledge and Skills framework for NHS staff;
- Public Health Scotland working with Health Boards to deliver publication of waiting times data by them; and
- Grant funding to the University of Glasgow to administer a programme of research on gender identity healthcare.