The director of a new private clinic has said he hopes to start prescribing cross-sex hormones within the “next couple of months” to teenagers questioning their gender.
Dr Aidan Kelly is among several former staff from the Tavistock gender clinic who have set up a new practice that will provide private referrals for hormone treatment and reassignment surgery.
Gender Plus will charge £275 for a one-hour appointment, which can be booked via its website without an NHS referral.
Anyone wishing to pursue hormone treatment to change gender must complete an assessment over six appointments, only one of which needs to be in person. The other five appointments may be over Zoom calls.
In an exclusive interview with Times Radio, Kelly said it would be