Dear Ms Fraser,

Thank you for your OIA request received by HVDHB on 23 May 2018. A response to your request will be sent to you within 20 working days. This has been logged as H17_18-124, if you have any queries on this OIA, please quote this number.

I have attached an OIA brochure for your information.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Yours sincerely,

Lynette Dopson
Executive Administrator
Pilmuir House
Hutt Valley District Health Board
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DDI (04) 570 9488

www.huttvalleydhb.org.nz
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From: Gloria Fraser [mailto:[FOI #7907 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2018 4:23 p.m.
To: RES-OIArequest [HVDHB] <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - DHB gender-affirming healthcare services

Tēnā koutou,

I am writing to request information about the gender-affirming healthcare services provided by the Hutt Valley District Health Board. The DHB Gender Reassignment Services Stocktake in October 2015 indicated that the Hutt Valley District Health Board previously did not provide gender affirming healthcare services (see the Briefing on GRS attached to this previous request https://fyi.org.nz/request/7586-grs-wait...).

Could you please advise whether the following gender-affirming healthcare services are funded by the Hutt Valley District Health Board for transgender patients, and whether the services are currently available:

- Hormone therapy
- Mastectomy
- Hysterectomy
- Orchidectomy
- Facial hair removal
- Breast augmentation
- Voice training

Could you please provide information about the process of accessing those services that are available?

- Specifically, is an assessment by a mental health professional required in order to access gender-affirming healthcare services? If so, which services?
- In the case of hormone therapy, can primary health providers prescribe hormones, or does this have to be initially approved by an endocrinologist?
- Is any period of real life experience required to access surgery?

Finally, could you please advise what the process is if transgender patients require one of the above services, but the Hutt Valley District Health Board does not offer this service? Does the Hutt Valley District Health Board currently fund patients to travel to other areas to access this healthcare?

If any part of my request is unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me.

If any of the information that I have requested is unavailable or would be difficult to retrieve, but similar information might be readily available, I would be happy to discuss altering or refining my request.

Ngā mihi,
Gloria Fraser

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Dear G Fraser,

 

Please see attached response to your Official Information Act request
dated 23 May 2018.

 

Regards,

 

Lynette Dopson

Executive Administrator

Pilmuir House

Hutt Valley District Health Board

…………………………………………………………………………

DDI (04) 570 9488

[1]www.huttvalleydhb.org.nz

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