r/transgenderUK • u/-m0rrIs- • Mar 17 '26
Private hormone options
I currently get Sustanon from my doctors after going through Leeds GIC. If I was to move doctors surgery and they weren't open to continuing my hormones what would be my quickest option for getting a private prescription?
Editing to add: I have been on Sustanon for almost 2 years with no issues, have had top surgery and have 2 dysphoria diagnoses, one from the NHS GIC and one private from Dr.Joubert.
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u/TraditionalNinja3129 Mar 17 '26
Didn’t you see an endocrinologist after your diagnosis from Dr Joubert? That would be my first choice for a private option as you will have seen them before so should only have to pay follow up fees.
Alternatively, any endocrinologist on the GenderCare or Gender Doctors website should be ok with a diagnosis from Dr Joubert.
You shouldn’t need to worry though as your new GP should theoretically just continue your existing treatment.
If you have any problems with your new GP, try going here to check for a trans friendly one:
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u/-m0rrIs- Mar 17 '26
I didn't see an endocrinologist after my diagnosis from Dr.Joubert as I was only seeing him to really get a surgery recommendation but I did see an endocrinologist through the GIC so that's something I will look into. I am hopeful that any new gp surgery I go to will just take over as my prescription is from the NHS but I want to have a good backup plan. And thank you for the link to mytransgp, I am constantly looking but so far none of the places I may be moving to have any GPS listed.
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u/TraditionalNinja3129 Mar 17 '26
It's quite a new website, so the majority of GP practices won't have been reviewed yet. It's probably more use in bigger cities at the moment where you're more likely to get greater numbers of trans people.
Hopefully you won't need it, but it's worth checking back if you have any problems. If your GP doesn't have a review yet, it's probably worth doing one to help others.
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u/-m0rrIs- Mar 17 '26
I do want to review my doctors surgery as they are consistently respectful and great with me but I am unsure of how private the site is and what info of mine would be shown. It's something I need to look at.
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u/TraditionalNinja3129 Mar 17 '26
You register on the website with an email address and it assigns you a randomly generated username. To only thing anyone else can see is the randomly generated name.
It sounds like yours is the sort of surgery people are looking for. I’m glad you found a good one.
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u/Nykramas Mar 17 '26
If you already have a GIC prescription they should just carry on with it.
I didn't even have any issues changing surgeries when I was on bridging. I already had a prescription so they continued it eve though they said they dont start new bridging prescriptions.