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 (useful to email to patients or practice staff)
Primary Care GAHT Guidelines_Patient information sheet_Oestrogen
Primary Care GAHT Guidelines_Patient information sheet_Testosterone
Primary Care GAHT Guidelines_Testosterone Administration
Trans health peer support for primary care clinicians in Aotearoa:
(email: rona.carroll@otago.ac.nz for further info)
- Join the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA)
- Trans health GP peer group (meets on zoom)
- GAHT prescribers email list (open to all NZ prescribers)
- Private facebook group
- Wellington trans health peer group (multi-disciplinary)
