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Primary Care Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) Initiation Guidelines

Primary Care Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Initiation Guidelines

Released in March 2023 to support primary care clinicians to initiate gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) for adults in a primary care setting.

Download the guidelines here (latest version 29/3/23)

Primary Care GAHT Guidelines_Web_29 Mar

 

Endorsed by RNZCGP: The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

 

Individual documents from the guideline 

Patient information sheets:

Primary Care GAHT Guidelines_Patient information sheet_Oestrogen

Primary Care GAHT Guidelines_Patient information sheet_Testosterone

Injection guidance for health professionals

Primary Care GAHT Guidelines_Testosterone Administration

 

The following information sheets have been made to support healthcare professionals but are not part of the above guidelines:

A summary of the evidence and risks of using progesterone as part of E-GAHT – written for patients but shared here for clinicians to use if useful:

Progesterone patient info sheet for people taking E-GAHT

Testosterone Gel update:

Coming soon April 2024

 

Trans health peer support for primary care clinicians in Aotearoa:

(email: rona.carroll@otago.ac.nz for further info)