Regulators must support healthcare professionals in gender care
Helen calls on the GMC, NMC, and HCPC to provide clearer guidance and protection for professionals delivering evidence-based gender-affirming care.12 February 2026
Healthcare professionals working in gender medicine are caught between competing pressures, often without adequate support from their regulatory bodies. The GMC, NMC, and HCPC have a responsibility to clarify what good practice looks like and to stand behind professionals who deliver evidence-based, patient-centred care.
Without this clarity and support, talented clinicians are leaving the field, services are contracting, and patients are left with fewer options. The regulators have the power to change this by issuing clear, contemporary guidance and by protecting professionals from the fear of investigation simply for working within established clinical frameworks.
Read the full open letter to discover what Helen is asking the regulators to do, and why the profession needs them now more than ever.