We have secured a legal route facilitated by a network of contacts outside of the UK. The medication is prescribed, if appropriate, by the endocrinologist. The prescription is then sent to you and you must travel to purchase and collect the medication in the EU. The patient named on the prescription must bring it back on their person, or you may decide to administer the medication whilst in the EU.

Absolutely! But you will need the support of your parent/ guardian, as we can not enter into contractual agreements with anyone under the age of 18.

There are a number of processes that are required to get each young person set up as new member, including intake sessions, meeting with the doctor, blood test, and raising prescriptions, and travelling to pick up medication.

We would recommend you give at least 4 months from signing up to an Anne Under 18's Youth Membership to receiving puberty blockers

The reason we facilitate access to EU prescribers is because although we had UK doctors that were interested in working with us, they were advised by their professional bodies that because we support under 18s that they may be challenged, even if they did not work with those patients themselves.

The UK provision of trans healthcare for all ages is broken. We could have secured UK clinicians if we had only worked with those of 18 and over, however we felt that this would leave the most vulnerable without support, which we were not prepared to do. 

If your child needs or wants access to talking therapy, we offer this at an additional cost of £75 per 50-minute session. We also provide relationships and family therapy at the same rate.

Intake blood tests are included in the first year membership. If your GP will not do blood tests for your child after that, we can facilitate this via our partner Nationwide Pathology., who have clinics all over the UK.

We can share the notes and recommendations including prescriptions with the GP, with your permission. Our system allows us to email them as part of the process, if that is required. 

Our intake process is mandatory for everyone to satisfy our need to establish competency and understanding of the risks and benefits, regardless of their previous pathway. However, we try to minimise this for people transferring from another provider. For those under 18, it is usually a minimum of 3 appointments with a therapist before the referral to our doctor. However for young people who are transferring we say a minimum of 2 and this should be all that is needed barring any concerns. 

We then do a catch-up at 4, 8 and 12 months with a member of the therapeutic team. This is not talking therapy; it is more of a check-in. 

The qualified endocrinologist will advise on the medical pathway. They have over 20 years of experience in this field, and their knowledge is invaluable to you and your family. They will not prescribe 'to order'; however, they will listen to your concerns and consider any particular wishes.

Yes Anne is a tele health service. The only exception to this is if you use our blood test partner service - Nationwide Pathology - when you can visit one of their UK locations to have blood drawn.