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Unacceptable Waiting Times for Accessing Gender Identity Clinics

  • Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2025
  • Motion type: Members' Business Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-19675
  • Current status: Achieved cross-party support

That the Parliament notes with deep concern the figures on what it sees as the unacceptable waiting times at NHS Scotland gender identity clinics (GIC), which were published by Public Health Scotland on 28 October 2025; further notes in particular that Scotland’s largest GIC, the Sandyford in Glasgow, which serves eight NHS boards covering nearly half of Scotland’s population, is reportedly overwhelmed, with around 4,000 people on its waiting list and fewer than 50 first appointments per year as of March 2025; shares the concern of Scottish Trans that “the most hopeful estimate is that you would wait 80 years for a first appointment” and that “without drastic action, most people on the waiting list will never be seen”; believes that the strategic action framework for 2022-24 for the improvement of NHS gender identity services, which was published in 2021, has failed to deliver its aims, which included piloting new gender identity services to reduce waiting times and improve trans people’s experiences, and notes the calls on the Scottish Government to urgently set out a plan of action to ensure that trans people in Glasgow and throughout Scotland are able to access the services they need.


Supported by: Ariane Burgess, Maggie Chapman, Jamie Greene, Ross Greer, Monica Lennon, Paul McLennan, Mark Ruskell, Lorna Slater, Paul Sweeney, Elena Whitham