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Health Professionals Concerned At Further Delays To Gender Affirming Healthcare Guidelines
Friday, 30 May 2025, 8:18 pm | PATHA
This is clear evidence of ideological interference in an operational, professional frontline medical resource that is being requested by the health sector. We reiterate our call for the Government to allow Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand to publish these ... More >>
Health Professionals, Medical Bodies & Community Orgs Call For Publication Of Guidelines For Gender Affirming Care
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 9:06 am | PATHA
Signatories to the open letter, which include medical bodies, health services, rainbow community organisations & individual practitioners are calling on the government to allow Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora to publish the updated Guidelines for Gender Affirming ... More >>
Health Professional Bodies Oppose Restrictions On Puberty Blockers
Monday, 7 April 2025, 8:15 am | PATHA
The professional bodies warn that requiring adolescents to enrol in research studies as a condition for receiving care endorsed by national and international professional bodies would be coercive and inconsistent with ethical healthcare practices. More >>
Puberty Blocker Evidence Brief Affirms Aotearoa’s Approach
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 7:54 pm | PATHA
Manatū Hauora’s evidence brief has found limitations in the quality of evidence for the benefits and risks of using puberty blockers, reflecting the methodological and ethical limitations of running randomised-controlled trials for gender affirming ... More >>
Professional Body Welcomes Funding For Transgender And Intersex Health
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:06 pm | PATHA
The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) welcomes today’s Budget announcement of $2.1M over 4 years to improve transgender and non-binary people’s access to primary health care services. “In November 2020, PATHA’s Briefing to ... More >>
Strong Interest In Supporting Trans People’s Health
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 2:56 pm | PATHA
The Professional Association for Transgender health Aotearoa (PATHA) holds its second national symposium this weekend, bringing together people working professionally on transgender health in clinical, academic, and community settings. Sessions cover ... More >>