Coming out as trans: The help and support you deserve

11th October is National Coming Out Day, a day to celebrate and support the entire LGBTQIA+ community to live openly as their true, authentic selves. It is therefore an appropriate day to show our support for those currently navigating coming out as trans by sharing...

What to expect from feminising hormone treatment

Many people with lived experienced of gender dysphoria will understand the confusion, frustration and distress that results from their biological sex and gender identity being misaligned. For those affected, everyday life be full of harmful triggers – from being...

Take control of your sexual health at Waterside Clinic

Earlier this year we decided to expand our services here at Waterside Clinic on a pilot basis. This means that as well as continuing to provide the supportive transgender and non-binary care that so many of you have come to trust and rely on, we are now providing...

Meet the team: Clinic Coordinator and Phlebotomist Nefeli

Here at Waterside Clinic, we pride ourselves on our trusting, supportive and respectful doctor-patient relationships. And those caring connections extend beyond our GPs across all our team members, as exemplified by our warm and welcoming Clinic Coordinator and...

Meet the team: Apprentice Clinic Coordinator Ava

It is so important that our patients are made to feel at ease as soon as they walk through our door, and the latest addition to the Waterside Clinic team has already made a positive impact doing just that. Ava recently joined our team as an Apprentice Clinic...

Trans and non-binary cervical screening at Waterside Clinic

Cervical screening saves lives. In fact, research tells us that 75% of cervical cancers can be prevented by regular cervical screening. However for many trans men, non-binary and intersex people with a cervix, the thought of going for a smear test can trigger all...