It will all depend upon your PCTs referral process. I had to see a general psychiatrist to confirm that I fitted the Transgender spectrum. I think it is a way of weeding out the game players.

The psychiatrist wrote to my GP to confirm that I was in the TG spectrum and confirmed that he would support a referral to a GIC.

My GP contacted the PCT to ask for a referral, who then wrote back agreeding to fund the process and asked for me to choose which GIC I wanted to go to, a choice of 3 for me.

I choose to go to Leeds and waited for the referral to be made and then for the appointment.

In all from seeing my GP in Sep/Oct 2009 to getting a date in May 2010 to have my first appointment at Leeds was almost 8 months.