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CCGS at London Trans+ Pride 2024
On Saturday 26th July, the Chelsea Centre for Gender Surgery team along with teams at TransPlus and Sexual Health London (SHL) came together at the Trans+ Pride parade in London. This was its 6th consecutive year and kicked off from Langham Place and continued throughout central London. This event provides a safe space for those…
Marking Trans Day of Visibility
On 4th April, we marked International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) with a panel discussion at the West Middlesex Hospital Site. International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is an annual event occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating transgender and non-binary people. Due to it falling over Easter Sunday this year, we hosted an event…
New feminising and masculinising services awarded to Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
New services have been awarded to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to provide feminising genital surgery and masculinising chest surgery services. It is anticipated that these new services will commence in April. To enable the expansion of services offered at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, two additional experienced gender dysphoria surgery consultants have been appointed: Miss…
Transgender Awareness Week: What We Did
This year, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust marked Transgender Awareness Week (13th-19th November 2023) with an all-staff webinar entitled, ‘How Do We Achieve Excellence in Trans Healthcare?’. We heard from various members of staff across the Trust who shared more information about their roles at Chelsea Centre for Gender Surgery (CCGS) and TransPlus and…
International Pronouns Day
International Pronouns Day occurs on the third Wednesday in October each year and seeks to make respecting, sharing and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. To mark International Pronouns Day, Patient Champions from the Chelsea Centre of Gender Surgery (CCGS), Tristan and Freddy, along with staff members across the Trust, have created a video sharing why…