• WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Don't know what it's like in the rest of the UK, but in Wales this is mostly waiting times because there is exactly one gender identity clinic and it comprises of a ward in one of Cardiff's hospitals.

    • beanyor [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      It's similar in the Netherlands except one of the big reasons the waiting lists are so long here is because they can't retain psychologists. The good ones think the system they have to work in is too dehumanizing to their patients and keep quitting. All of this because the insurance companies are fearmongering about the mythical detransitioners.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        similar in Germany, lack of specialized psychologists is the biggest factor in gatekeeping. some of the waiting lists i'm on are a year long. wait times for psychotherapy are usually shorter, but most psychologists who haven't been trained in transgender care refuse to accept trans patients because they are afraid of misdiagnosing people and getting sued.