National Gender Identity Healthcare Reference Group

Overview

The National Gender Identity Healthcare Reference was established to progress improvement in the provision of gender identity healthcare and to oversee the implementation of the commitments set out within the NHS Gender Identity Services Strategic Action Framework.

The reference group membership includes people with lived and living experience of using NHS gender identity services, clinicians, academics and representatives from NHS health boards as well as LGBTI support organisations. 

Membership will be reviewed on establishment of the group and after one year. 

The group is expected to run from March 2022 and will not continue beyond the end of 2024. 

Members

Membership at individual meetings may vary, subject to attendee’s availability/attendance of a deputy in their place.

• Professor Nicola Steedman, (Co-chair), Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
• Dr Ewan Bell, (Co-chair), Associate Medical Director, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• Dr Richard Anderson, Deputy Director Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh
• Colin Briggs, Director of Strategic Planning, NHS Lothian
• Kerry Cairns, Service Manager, Elmwood Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Grampian
• Dr Fiona Clunie, Consultant Pyschiatrist/Medical Lead, Chalmers Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Lothian
• Dr Paul Connelly, Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes & Endocrinology, University of Glasgow
• Hayley Fairgrieve, Gender Lead Nurse/Advanced Sexual Health Practitioner, Chalmers Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Lothian
• Neil Ferguson, Director, West of Scotland Regional Planning
• Jane Harris, Head of Programme, Postgraduate and Post-registration Education and Continuing Professional Development, NHS Education for Scotland
• Dr Amber Keenan, Clinical Lead, NHS Highland
• Kimberley MacInnes, Service Manager, Raigmore Gender Identity Clinic, NHS Highland
• Rhoda Macleod, Head of Sexual Health, Prison and Police Services, Sandyford Gender Clinic, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Dr Christine Mimnagh, CMAGIC Clinical Lead, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
• David Parker, Senior Educator, NHS Education for Scotland
• Dr Ruth Pearce, Lecturer, University of Glasgow
• Dr Alison Poupart, Interim Consultant Clinical Psychologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Dr Susan Rooney, Clinical Lead, Sandyford Gender Clinic, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Dr Fiona Wardell, Standards and Indicators Team Lead, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
• Mairi Watson, Public Health Scotland
• Dr Craig Wheelans, National Medical Advisor, Specialist Healthcare Commissioning, National Networks & National Planning, NHS National Services Scotland
• Lived Experience Coordinator
• Representative, * LGBT Health and Wellbeing
• Representative, * LGBT Youth Scotland
• Representative, Scottish Trans
• Representative, TransparentSees

* Rotational membership

Secretariat is provided by Gender Identity and Healthcare Access Team.

Publications

National Gender Identity Healthcare Reference Group: terms of reference