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Dear S Bradshaw

Your request for information, as detailed in your email below, has been
handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  Please find
below our response: 

 1. The average (mean) time in weeks between appointments for patients who
received a follow-up appointment last quarter (between 1st April to
30th June 2022 inclusive)

The average (mean) time in weeks between appointments for patients who
received a follow-up appointment last quarter (between 1st April to 30th
June 2022 inclusive) was 6.84 weeks.

 2. The average (mean) number of appointments that had been held at GIDS
for patients who were subsequently referred to the UCLH pediatric
endocrine liaison clinic

Data from a research project about pathways through our service, which
includes the average number of appointments before referral to
endocrinology, can be found on our public website: 
[1]https://gids.nhs.uk/research/pathways-th...

 3. The number of past and current referred patients using the following
titles: Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss, Mx, Dr, other, and no title at all.

We do not hold comprehensive and up to date information on this, as
patients tend to vary their titles over time, and there is no requirement
for them to formally notify us of this.  The Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) only applies to recorded information that exists within the public
authority at the time of the request. 

FOIA does not require an authority to answer questions where this would
involve the creation of new information, and this question can only be
answered by writing out to tens of thousands of patients, both current and
past, to obtain new data on their current preferred nomenclature, which,
as explained above is beyond the scope and provision of resources of the
FOIA.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Team

Tavistock and Portman 
NHS Foundation Trust
Tavistock Centre 
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From: S Bradshaw <[3][FOI #879372 email]>
Sent: 17 July 2022 19:12
To: Freedom of Information Requests <[4][Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Gender services - Gender
Identity Development Service

Dear Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to request information under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act (2000). My enquiries relate to the Gender Identity
Development Service (GIDS).

Please provide:
1. the average (mean) time in weeks between appointments for patients who
received a follow-up appointment last quarter (between 1st April to 30th
June 2022 inclusive).
2. the average (mean) number of appointments that had been held at GIDS
for patients who were subsequently referred to the UCLH paediatric
endocrine liaison clinic
3. the number of past and current referred patients using the following
titles: Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss, Mx, Dr, other, and no title at all.

Yours faithfully,

S Bradshaw

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