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About Us
Your journey at your pace
At Gender Health Australia, our practice is dedicated to providing comprehensive gender-affirming care in a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for people of all genders and identities. Olivia Donaghy and Dr Stuart Aitken founded GHA with decades of experience working in the public health system and private practices. As clinicians and researchers in the field, they share a vision to deliver Australia’s first multi-disciplinary, paediatric and adult private gender clinic that offers a complete package of world leading care to trans children, youth and adults. We are joined by a group of highly experienced, dedicated doctors and clinicians to deliver leading and inclusive Gender Healthcare.
We understand that every individual’s path is unique. At GHA, you are in control of your care. We listen, provide guidance, and work collaboratively to create a plan that aligns with your goals and values.
We aim to support the unique needs of each person through an approach grounded in both experience and evidence. Our team brings decades of clinical expertise from diverse, collaborative health backgrounds, ensuring well-rounded and informed care. This foundation is continually strengthened by staying up to date with the latest peer reviewed research, allowing us to provide care that reflects current best practices.
Our clinical approach is informed by leading Australian and international clinical guidelines including:
World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care Version 8
Australian Informed Consent Standards of Care for Hormone Therapy
Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents v1.3 (2020)
Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender incongruent persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
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Insights from GHA practitioners, GHA clients
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Frequently Asked Questions
You can refer yourself. Contact us directly to schedule a navigation appointment. We can recommend the referral type that is best to reduce your out of pocket costs in future appointments so you can claim medicare rebates for some of our services. Private health insurance may offer rebates with or without a referral, it's best to check with your provider.
Your first visit is a chance for us to get to know you and your goals. Clients tell us that navigating trans healthcare can be challenging and we are here to help you create your personalised care plan so will start with questions to get to know you, your health history, goals and letting you know what we offer.
Absolutely. We provide affirming care for people of all gender identities and expressions, including non-binary, gender fluid, agender, and gender nonconforming individuals.
No, like any medicine or healthcare intervention there is a process of assessment, discussion of options, risks and benefits which is important for you to make informed decisions about your health. At GHA we tailor information to your developmental age and brain wiring (neuro affirming) and because everyone’s journey is unique we will work with you to determine the best path forward. We call this individualised care
At GHA we have brought together mental health and medical specialists to work as a team so you don’t need to ‘get a letter’ from a psych to access a medical specialist. This communication between the team is managed in a multidisciplinary care review meeting every week. We can talk more about how multi disciplinary teams work at your navigation appointment.
Yes and no, most of our services attract some amount of medicare rebate if you have been referred. When you have your care pathway mapped out you can check with your health insurer whether they can provide a rebate instead.
We recommend gathering any relevant health professional letters, and if applicable, mental health reports or diagnostic reports or documentation that you think are helpful in forming a complete picture of your health and wellbeing. We will also ask for the names and contact details of other health professionals you see for us to contact if you give us your consent.
