Written question WQ92336
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 13 days
Question
Further to WQ91974, will the Minister state the number of children under 18 who are already receiving puberty suppressing hormones from the NHS in Wales?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Mental Health and Early Years
NHS Wales commissions gender identity services for children and young people under the age of 17 from NHS England. The service is commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC) which is evolving into the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee from 1 April. WHSSC which represents NHS Wales on the Improvement Programme for Gender Identity Services for children and young people which has been established by NHS England. Information on the number of children under 18 who are already receiving puberty suppressing hormones is not routinely collected by NHS Wales, or by NHS England.