The Gender Identity Clinic is not open to face-to-face appointments at the moment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. All our appointments are now being provided remotely. We are currently offering all patients appointments by the videoconferencing application Zoom. There are detailed instructions about how to use Zoom on the Zoom website. By joining the...
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust have updated their site with links to guidance on Coronavirus (COVID-19)....
Have your say on our relocation
Thank you for taking the time to help us shape our new space. We will be moving to a new location near Finchley Road tube station in London from Spring 2020. The quality of your care is our top concern and changes to our location will not affect the clinical service you receive. Find...
The Gender Identity Clinic is moving
Later this year the Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) will move to a new London location, near Finchley Road underground station. Our new building is larger and has better travel times to major London transport hubs. The quality of your care is our top concern and changes to our location will not affect the clinical...
Issue with our phone lines – 10 January 2020
We are currently (as of Friday 10 January) experiencing issues with our phone lines – when we transfer calls they are dropping out. Our IT team is aware of the problem and is working on it – we hope to have the phone service up and running again as soon as possible. While the...
Data breach
We are currently investigating a data security incident. This incident involved an email from our Patient and Public Involvement team regarding an art project that we are looking forward to launching. Unfortunately, due to an error, the email addresses of some of those we are inviting to participate were not hidden and therefore visible...
Gender Identity Clinic information session – free CPD training for GPs, nurses and healthcare professionals, Thursday 19 September 2019 near Swiss Cottage
Gender Identity Clinic information session for GPs, nurses and healthcare professionals The London-based Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) is inviting GPs, nurses and healthcare professionals to a free Gender Identity Information Session on Thursday 19 September 2019 at 6.30pm at the Tavistock Centre near Swiss Cottage, London. Book on Eventbrite now to reserve your place:...
Flood at the Tavistock Centre – Sunday 28 July 2019
Our main clinic, the Tavistock Centre, experienced a flood which affected our IT infrastructure on Sunday 28 July. Our email servers were affected, among other systems. Our IT team has been working on the issue and most systems are now back online, but there is a possibility of further disruption. If you did not...
The GIC will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday, 27 May 2019
The GIC will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday, 27 May 2019. It will reopen as normal on Tuesday 28 May 2019. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this causes you....
Survey – Update
Thank you to all of those who have responded to the survey. We are busy collecting those responses and will be analysing the data. If you have been caused distress by this or any other part of the process of coming to a GIC, please do let your GP know, or if it more...