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.
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/rainbow/files/2023/03/Primary-Care-GAHTGuidelines_Final_Web.pdf
Endorsed by RNZCGP: The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
Individual documents from the guideline:
E-GAHT (Oestrogen) patient information sheet
T-GAHT (Testosterone) patient information sheet
Testosterone administration tips for health professionals
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)