Protest held after GP practice withdraws hormone prescriptions for trans patients

A GP practice’s decision to stop prescribing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to trans people has been met with dismay.

Jubilee Park Medical Partnership, which runs practices in the East Midlands region, announced on Monday (30 December) that it would stop prescribing the medication to all transgender patients. Those currently on HRT, won’t get repeat prescriptions.

Protest group Nottingham against Transphobia issued a statement following the announcement, calling the decision “deeply misguided”.

“It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks about HRT, if practices stop supplying it, the need for it doesn’t magically disappear,” a spokesperson for the group wrote on social media.

A capsule containing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) pills. (Getty)

“People just go online and get it anyway, except they don’t get dosage advice from medical professionals, they don’t get

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