NHS England – Interim CAYPGI & Public Consultation

INTERIM SERVICE SPECIFICATION Interim Specialist Service for Children and Young People with Gender Incongruence The Service will provide care to children and young people, and their families, who express gender incongruence and who are likely to benefit from clinical support. The Service will adopt a holistic, multi-disciplinary integrated approach to assessing and responding to an individual’s needs in view of the range of co-presentations that may typically present in this patient cohort, and the range of complexities relating to gender identity development. The most appropriate clinical pathway in the best interests of the child or young person will be determined through an integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach, fully involving the child or young person and their family................