CQC publishes report on Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust's gender identity services
Published: 13 December 2023
Page last updated: 13 December 2023
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report following an inspection of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) run by Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in September.
GIDS is a national specialist service and is the only one available in England for children and young people with gender dysphoria.
Since October 2022 GIDS has not been accepting any new referrals and are not involved in the management of the waiting list. Therefore, the previous breaches in relation to the waiting list identified at the last inspection are no longer valid.
This service will transfer to new regional providers by 31 March 2024.
This focused inspection was carried out to follow up on the actions the service was told to make after CQC found breaches of regulation at the previous inspection. Also, as the transfer to new services was taking longer than expected, CQC checked people were receiving safe care and treatment.
Inspectors did not re-rate the service following this latest inspection. Therefore, the ratings from the previous inspection remain in place until the service closes. The overall rating for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust remains as good.
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