Equity and Diversity Statement – LGBTQI+
LGBTQ+ Patients
Mountwood Surgery is working to ensure we achieve excellence in LGBTQ+ healthcare and successfully meet the needs of our LGBTQ+ patients.
We are open to all and are dedicated to protecting diversity and equality. We are here to listen to suggestions and feedback from our LGBTQ+ patients on their experiences with us. If you have something you want to share or feel would help us in this process, please let us know.
It is important to us if you feel you feel able to share your sexual orientation, gender identity and trans status with us so that we may be able to offer the most appropriate support to you within our practice and refer you on to any relevant services if you may need them. Please be assured that you can speak to any member of the team about this in complete confidence.
We are committed to providing safe, respectful, and inclusive healthcare for all our patients, including those who are trans, non-binary, or gender-diverse. We recognise the inequalities and barriers that trans people often face in accessing timely, affirming healthcare, and we strive to ensure that everyone who comes to us is treated with dignity, compassion, and respect.
LGBTQI+ Support (please let us know if there’s anything missing!)
LGBT Foundation Helpline – The helpline at LGBT Foundation offers non-judgemental support and advice on a range of topics.
Mon – Fri 9:00AM – 8:30PM
Weekends 10:00AM – 5:30PM
helpline@lgbt.foundation
- LGBT Foundation – Your first port of call to services, support and information for LGBTQ+ people. https://lgbt.foundation/
- Switchboard National LGBTQ+ Helpline – https://switchboard.lgbt/about-us/
- Age UK provide information and support for older LGBTQ+ people https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/relationships-family/lgbt/
- African Rainbow Family support LGBTIQ people of African Heritage and wider Black and Asian Minority Ethnic groups. https://africanrainbowfamily.org/
- AKT supports LGBTQ+ young people aged 16-25 in the UK who are facing or experiencing homelessness or living in a hostile environment. https://www.akt.org.uk/
- Anne+ Helpline for the trans community around healthcare : https://anne.health/helpline/
- Biphoria –UK’s longest running bi organisation: https://www.biphoria.org.uk/
- Black Beetle Health is a public health community organisation dedicated to promoting health, wellbeing and equality for LGBTQ+ communities of colour. https://www.blackbeetlehealth.co.uk/
- Childline have support pages for young people on sexual orientation and gender identity. https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/your-feelings/sexual-identity/
- Choice Support – toolkit around LGBTQ+ best practice and support for adults with learning disabilities and their supporters: https://www.choicesupport.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/supported-loving/supported-lovi ng-toolkit/lgbtq
- Consultant Admiral Nurse for the LGBTQ+ Community – This service is available to people from the LGBTQ+ community who are living with dementia and those who support them. Contact Dementia UK’s Helpline to request a referral. Appointments are available Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Call: 0800 888 6678. Email: helpline@dementiauk.org
- FFLAG (support for families) national voluntary organisation and charity dedicated to supporting parents and their lesbian, gay, bisexual and Trans sons and daughters. https://www.fflag.org.uk/
- GALOP support LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence. https://galop.org.uk/
- Gaysians are a movement highlighting South Asian LGBTQ+ voices: https://www.gaysians.org/
- GenderKit – UK guide to changing all things linked to gender: https://genderkit.org.uk/
- Gendered Intelligence – have a good list of services for trans, non-binary and gender questioning people: https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/services
- GIRES is a UK organisation whose purpose is to improve the lives of trans and gender diverse people of all ages. https://www.gires.org.uk/
- Hidayah LGBT supports LGBTQI+ Muslims. https://hidayahlgbt.com/
- Intersex support: https://interconnecteduk.org/ & https://www.intersexequalityrights.com/ Keshet supports LGBTQ Jewish people and their families. https://www.keshetonline.org/
- LGBT Consortium supports LGBTQ groups and organisations. Their members’ directory can be filtered to find organisations by the type of work they do https://www.consortium.lgbt/
- Mencap information around sexual orientation: https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/research-and-statistics/sexualit y-research-and-statistics
- Mermaids work with gender diverse kids, young people, and their families. https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
- Mind provide information and support around mental health for LGBTQ+ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/lgbtqia-mental-healt h/about-lgbtqia-mental-health/
- Mind Out – LGBTQ+ Mental Health Service: https://mindout.org.uk/resources/
- Naz and Matt Foundation exists to empower and support LGBTQI+, their friends and family to work towards resolving challenges linked to sexuality or gender identity, particularly where religion is heavily influencing the situation https://www.nazandmattfoundation.org/
- OUTpatients – advocacy and support service for LGBTQ+ people affected by cancer : https://outpatients.org.uk/ Resources including screening info, campaigns and support for healthcare professionals: https://outpatients.org.uk/resources/
- Prostate Cancer UK support and info for gay,bi men: https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/living-with-prostate-cancer/information-for-gay-and-bisexual-men
- Prostate Cancer UK support for trans women: https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/risk-and-symptoms/trans-women-and-prostate-cancer
- Rainbow Migration support LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system. https://rainbowmigration.org.uk/en
- Sarbat LGBT+ Sikhs provide support to change the perspective on British Asians in the LGBTQ+ community. https://www.sarbat.net/
- Stonewall provide information and support to LGBT people and their allies. Their
- ‘What’s In My Area?’ service can be used to find LGBT services and community groups local to you. https://www.stonewall.org.uk/
- Terrence Higgins Trust is an HIV and sexual health charity. https://www.tht.org.uk/
- Trans Actual – shares facts about trans rights, UK law, NHS healthcare: https://transactual.org.uk/
THIS LIST IS JUST SOME OF THE SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES