BAD NEWS for Russell Reid.
GMC inquiry into gender change expert
The UK's best known expert in transsexualism is being investigated by the General Medical Council after claims he repeatedly put his patients' health at risk, the Guardian has learned.
Consultant psychiatrist Russell Reid, a specialist in gender identity disorders (GID), allegedly breached standards of care by prescribing patients with sex-changing hormones and referring them for genital surgery without adequately assessing them.
Twelve cases in which Dr Reid, a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrist's committee on gender identity disorder, allegedly broke the guidelines "to the detriment of the patients concerned" have been submitted to the GMC. It is alleged some people later regretted changing sex.
(you can read more on the news site)
I'd heard rumours that something was going on, but I did not realise it was this SERIOUS.
I don't really think Russell is in the wrong; can Charing Cross honestly say that every single patient they've treated has had a successful outcome, and no one has ever regretted what they've done?
Russell has been my psychiatrist for the past year and a half, and he has never pushed me into doing anything I didn't want to do. He is merely there to support me, and help me where really nobody else can. He did not provide me everything I asked for. I did not get hormones on my first visit, and I did not get my surgery referral letter straight away when I wanted it. In hindsight, I recognise that his decisions to hold back were appropriate.
If anyone has any further news on this matter, I should like to know. Thanks! The article says there are support sites ... does anyone know of any??
crossposted to transnews
The UK's best known expert in transsexualism is being investigated by the General Medical Council after claims he repeatedly put his patients' health at risk, the Guardian has learned.
Consultant psychiatrist Russell Reid, a specialist in gender identity disorders (GID), allegedly breached standards of care by prescribing patients with sex-changing hormones and referring them for genital surgery without adequately assessing them.
Twelve cases in which Dr Reid, a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrist's committee on gender identity disorder, allegedly broke the guidelines "to the detriment of the patients concerned" have been submitted to the GMC. It is alleged some people later regretted changing sex.
(you can read more on the news site)
I'd heard rumours that something was going on, but I did not realise it was this SERIOUS.
I don't really think Russell is in the wrong; can Charing Cross honestly say that every single patient they've treated has had a successful outcome, and no one has ever regretted what they've done?
Russell has been my psychiatrist for the past year and a half, and he has never pushed me into doing anything I didn't want to do. He is merely there to support me, and help me where really nobody else can. He did not provide me everything I asked for. I did not get hormones on my first visit, and I did not get my surgery referral letter straight away when I wanted it. In hindsight, I recognise that his decisions to hold back were appropriate.
If anyone has any further news on this matter, I should like to know. Thanks! The article says there are support sites ... does anyone know of any??
crossposted to transnews