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Information for medical practitioners and chartered psychologists

The Gender Recognition Panel has been established under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to determine applications from transsexual people who wish to be legally recognised in their acquired gender. To satisfy the criteria for legal recognition, applicants will be required to supply evidence from medical practitioners or chartered psychologists in support of their application. The evidence required by the Panel will vary depending on the type of application submitted.

Some of your patients may approach you requesting evidence for their Gender Recognition application. Applicants who apply under the "overseas" applications process are not required to supply this evidence.

There are two avenues through which an applicant may apply for Gender Recognition:

More information regarding the various types of applications is available on this website under information for applicants.

We have provided an "Evidence Form for Medical Practitioners and Chartered Psychologists (with guidance)" to assist medical practitioners and chartered psychologists to supply evidence about their patients. A link to the form is below.

Gender Recognition application guidelines for Medical Practitioners and Chartered Psychologists (PDF 71kb)

The legal position

Under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, information relating to an application for a Gender Recognition Certificate is 'protected information' if it is acquired in a professional capacity. It is an offence to disclose protected information to any other person.