Community Health Centres - Three Bridges Community Health Centre - Trans Specialty Care
LGBT2Q+ Community, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, Mental Health - Child & Youth, Public Health, and Sexual Health
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
Offers knowledgeable and specialized care to transgender and gender diverse persons (aged 15+) living in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
Trans Specialty Care is provided by teams including nurses, counsellors, physicians, nurse practitioners, and social workers. This is a consultation service that works in collaboration with a client's family doctor. If a client does not have a family doctor (GP) or nurse practitioner (NP), the team can help them find options for primary care.
Services include:
Services include:
- Hormone initiation and stabilization
- Surgical care planning and referrals
- Pre-operative information and education
- Post-operative nursing care
- Limited counselling
- Hormone injection supplies
- Assistance with identity document changes
Clients can self-refer by by calling our TSC intake clerk at (604) 331-8901 or through our online referral form. The client's primary care clinician can also fax a referral (see fax number below). The intake clerk will contact you to follow up and confirm your waitlist placement within 1-2 business days. Please let your physician know about the best way for us to contact you.
Eligibility: Services are provided to people 15 and older living in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. Youth (aged 15-24), refugee claimants, and individuals with post-operative complications who live outside the VCH Region will be given special consideration on a case-by-case basis. Clients who live outside of the VCH region can contact Transcare BC’s Care Coordination team for help with finding care in their area.
604-331-8901 ext. 23923
Website: http://www.vch.ca/locations-services...
Three Bridges Community Health Centre - 1128 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2L4
Hours of Operation: Monday - 11:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Tuesday - 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Wednesday -Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
Associated Programs/Services
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Availability
Service area: Vancouver Coastal Health Area
Service Types Provided
LGBT2Q+ Community
Mental Health - Adult & Senior
Mental Health - Child & Youth
Public Health
Sexual Health
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at a single location
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.