"Launched earlier this month, MyTransGP aims to create a community-driven database of which NHS General Practitioners (GPs) provide vital gender-affirming services, and which don't. Over the past few years, some GPs across the UK have abruptly cancelled gender-affirming care prescriptions for adult patients without prior warning. To help counteract the harm caused by the wave of cancellations, systems specialist Luna and software engineer Jolyne created the site so that patients could review their GPs or search for alternatives based on testimonials."
"Contributors are able to rank practitioners based on an array of different categories, including what services they provide, which doctors are the most helpful, and their general experiences speaking to nurses, doctors, and receptionists. Services listed include shared care agreements, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescriptions, hormone monitoring, Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) referrals, acceptance of non-binary patients, whether they will work with private healthcare providers, and much more."
"The website also uses third-party data from Google to provide a comprehensive list of details for each GP, including opening times, contact details, and a list of doctors. Users are required to create an account before submitting a review in order to stop an influx of "bad-faith activity", according to the developers. In less than a week since MyTransGP was announced, at least 450 users have contributed over 740 reviews to the site, which saw over 1,000 visits on its second day alone."
MyTransGP is a community-driven website that enables trans people to review NHS GPs based on gender-affirming services offered. The site was created by systems specialist Luna and software engineer Jolyne to help patients counteract harm from abrupt cancellations of gender-affirming prescriptions. Contributors can rank practitioners across categories including shared care agreements, HRT prescriptions, hormone monitoring, GIC referrals, acceptance of non-binary patients, and cooperation with private providers. The platform integrates Google data to list GP opening times, contact details, and practitioner lists. Users must create accounts to submit reviews to prevent bad-faith activity. Within a week the site received over 740 reviews from at least 450 users and saw more than 1,000 visits in a single day.
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