A doctor who ran an unlicensed online gender identity clinic which offered sex-change treatments to children as young as 12 has appeared at a medical tribunal accused of failing to provide good clinical care to three patients.
Dr Helen Webberley, who founded online clinic GenderGP, with her husband Dr Michael Webberley, is also accused of inappropriately prescribing to two other patients.
The 52-year-old, who is currently barred from practising, appeared today via videolink at a Medical Practitioners Service (MPTS) fitness-to-practise hearing in Manchester.
She faces a total of 29 charges, most of which she denies, relating to the period March 2016 to November 2016 which include a failure to provide good clinical care to three child patients who received hormone treatment.
Dr Webberley is also accused of failing to obtain adequate medical histories and failing to arrange adequate examinations, including physical examinations and psychological assessments.
Those assessments were needed to confirm a diagnosis of gender dysphoria before prescribing testosterone treatment to two patients - known only as Patient A and B.
Dr Helen Webberley was accused of failing to provide good clinical care to three child patients and inappropriately prescribing to two other patients
She was also charged with failing to follow professional guidelines.
Patient A is said to have been given testosterone when it was 'not appropriate for use' in children of their age while a third patient - Patient C - was prescribed testosterone and GnRHA - or puberty blockers - when Dr Webberley lacked the 'adequate training, qualifications or experience in the field of paediatric endocrinology' and failed to discuss the risks of treatment.
With all three patients, Dr Webberley is accused of failing to adhere to international guidelines set out by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and the Endocrine Society.
As such, she 'knew or ought to have known' she was acting outside the limits of her competence as a GP with special interest in gender dysphoria.
Pictured: Dr Helen Webberley ran a private transgender clinic from her home until 2018 when she was convicted of running it illegally
Other allegations concern two other patients - Patient D and Patient E - following a CQC inspection of Dr Matt Limited where Dr Webberley was the safeguarding lead.
She's charged with inappropriately prescribing medication and being unaware of and never seeing the safeguarding policy.
Dr Webberley also faces several charges in relation to her former role as director of Gender GP which states on its website that 'all medical advice and prescriptions are provided by doctors working outside the UK'.
Its operation method is allegedly 'motivated by efforts to avoid the regulatory framework of the UK including the CQC (Care Quality Commission), HIW (Health Inspectorate Wales) and the GMC
