ABSTRACT
In May 2007 the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel heard a case against Dr. Russell Reid. It was claimed that Dr. Reid had not adhered to the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association's protocols outlining how patients with disorders of gender identity should best be managed. It was contended that Dr. Reid seemed often not to adhere to the protocols, sometimes to the detriment of the patients concerned. Dr. Reid seemed, more often than not, to administer hormonal treatment after one consultation in circumstances where patients had neither lived in their desired gender role nor undergone three months of psychotherapy. The Panel found that in all the cases it was asked to consider, Dr. Reid's management had been inappropriate, had breached guidelines and had not been in the best interests of the patient. It was felt that this amounted to serious professional misconduct.
