Find a helpful general practitioner (GP)

If you are self-medicating, one essential service a GP can provide is blood tests. There is more general information on our blood tests page.

GPs have a duty of care to provide blood tests irrespective of their personal opinions about trans people or self-medication. They are a basic health check with the potential to prevent serious harm. Anything else is both negligent and discriminatory.

Providing blood tests does not "enable" someone to self-medicate. Likewise, not providing blood tests will not prevent someone from doing so.

While some GPs provide blood tests to trans patients without issue, others continue to refuse, for which they should be challenged. In the meantime, it is vital to find ways of obtaining blood tests to look after your health as best you can. You can do this by checking the lists of recommended GPs below.

Some GPs may provide tests but claim they cannot interpret the results. We provide general guidelines for analysing your results on the blood test information page. Alternatively, if you contact us we may be able to give more specific advice.

If possible, bringing a friend with you to the GP can be very helpful in providing moral support. One of our peer support coordinators may also be able to accompany you, depending on location and availability.

Recommended GPs

Ireland: we have worked with other trans community organisations including Transgress the NGS and Trans Healthcare Action to compile a private list of GPs who will do blood tests for trans people who are self medicating. You can request information about GPs in your area by contacting Transgress the NGS via email on transgresscampaign@gmail.com.

If your GP is willing to do blood tests for people who are self-medicating it would be really helpful if you can submit their information to the Trans Healthcare Community Survey. This is a practical way of showing solidarity and supporting our work.

UK: list of trans-friendly GPs (This is a copy of an archived version of a list originally compiled by Action for Trans Health, so it’s not being maintained and some details may be out of date).