Please could I request the following information:
The total number of requests received to change the gender marker of an NHS number or patient record.
The total number of new NHS numbers issued because of a request change to gender marker.
The number of requests received to change the gender marker of an NHS number (or patient record) each year from 1/1/1999 to 31/12/2023.
The number of new NHS numbers issued because of a change to gender marker each year from 1/1/1999 to 31/12/2023.
The ‘process for registering a patient gender re-assignment’ published on Primary Care Support England (2021) website states that to change a gender marker a new NHS number will be issued. Is it the case that a new NHS number would be issued when changing a gender marker in Wales?
Thank you for your request dated 17th January 2024.
Public Health Wales does not hold this information.
Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards or other NHS Wales organisations and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce.
I have provided contact details for NHS Wales Shared services Partnership (NWSSP) below as they may hold this information; you would need to contact them individually for this information.
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Making a Freedom of Information Request - NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
I am very sorry we are unable to help on this occasion.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of the decision, you should write to the Corporate Complaints Manager, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, 3, Number 2, Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner for Wales
2nd Floor
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
Telephone: 029 2067 8400
Email: wales@ico.org.uk