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Gender Recognition Certificate: writing medical reports

Use this guidance if you are a doctor or psychologist writing a medical report for a patient’s Gender Recognition Certificate application.

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Medical report template for Gender Recognition Certificate applications

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To get a Gender Recognition Certificate and be legally recognised in their affirmed gender, people usually need to provide 2 medical reports written by 2 different medical doctors or clinical psychologists in the UK.

This page includes guidance on what the medical reports need to include and a template that can be used for either report.

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Published 29 June 2022

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