Ref: FOI/00270/CCCG
Freedom of Information Requests
24th August 2021
1st Floor West Wing
New Alderley Building
Vivienne Taylor
Macclesfield District General Hospital
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Victoria Road
Macclesfield
SK10 3BL
Website:
www.cheshireccg.nhs.uk
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
Dear Vivienne Taylor,
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Gender Dysphoria Services
Thank you for your information request indicated in bold below, which has now been
considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by NHS Cheshire Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG). I am able to provide you with the following information
and responses.
Please note from 1st April 2020, NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG, NHS South Cheshire
CCG, NHS Vale Royal CCG and NHS West Cheshire CCG merged to form NHS
Cheshire CCG.
You asked:
What services do you provide and commission, as a CCG, for patients
suffering with gender dysphoria?
Our response:
NHS Cheshire CCG commissions a transgender counselling support service
which is provided by Cheshire Merseyside Adult Gender Identity Collaborative
(CMAGIC). Further information regarding this can be found on our website via
the following link:
https://www.cheshireccg.nhs.uk/news/news-stories/cheshire-
transgender-counselling-support-services-launched/
Please be advised that transgender services are commissioned nationally by
NHS England. You may therefore also wish to redirect your request for this
information to NHS England, who can be contacted for Freedom of Information
requests via the following email address
: xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
Dr Andrew Wilson FRCGP Clinical Chair
Clare Watson Accountable Officer
If you have any queries or concerns, wish to request a review of our response or are
unhappy with the service you have received in relation to this Freedom of Information
request, please do not hesitate to contact the Freedom of Information Requests team;
details provided at the top of this letter.
If you request a review of our response and are not content with the subsequent
outcome, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the Freedom of Information review procedure provided by NHS Cheshire
Clinical Commissioning Group.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
Matthew Cunningham
Director of Governance and Corporate Development
NHS Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Re- Use of Information
Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of Information Act 2000 request will be
subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be owned by NHS Cheshire CCG. The
copyright in other information may be owned by another person or organisation, as indicated on the
information itself.
You are free to use any information supplied for your own non-commercial research or private study
purposes. The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception
in copyright law, such as news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing
the information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will require the permission of the
copyright owner. Therefore, you must ensure that you gain our permission before reproducing any
information. You may need a licence from us for this.
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