Transgender Screening Information

Trans Women

If you’re a trans woman aged 65, you’re still at higher risk of having an AAA and are eligible for AAA screening.

You’ll be automatically invited if you:

• haven’t changed your CHI number to reflect your female gender
• have changed your CHI number to reflect your female gender after 14 June 2015

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Trans Men

You’re less likely to have an AAA if you’re a trans man aged 65.

If you’ve changed your CHI number, you’ll be automatically invited and can choose whether you’d like to attend.

Bowel screening is offered to all males and females aged 50 to 74 every 2 years.

As bowel screening applies to both male and female, you’ll be automatically sent a home screening test even if you’ve changed your CHI number.

Trans women

If you’re a trans woman and taking hormones, the development of breast tissue means that you may be at risk of developing breast cancer.

You’ll be automatically invited for breast screening every 3 years if:

• you’re between the ages of 50 and 70
• you’ve changed your CHI number to reflect your female gender

You won’t be invited if you haven’t changed your CHI number to reflect your female gender. However, you can still have breast screening by arranging an appointment with your local breast screening centre.

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Trans men

If you’re a trans man and haven’t had your breasts removed you may be at risk of developing breast cancer.

You’ll be automatically invited for breast screening every 3 years if:

• you’re between the ages of 50 and 70
• you haven’t changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender
• you have changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender after 14 June 2015

You won’t be invited if you’ve changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender on or before 14 June 2015. However, you can still have breast screening by arranging an appointment with your local breast screening centre.

Breast removal surgery (mastectomy)

If you’re a trans man and have had a bi-lateral mastectomy (both breasts removed), you’re less likely to develop breast cancer as there’ll be little breast tissue left.

You won’t be eligible for breast screening but you should remain breast aware and contact your GP if you notice any unusual changes.

Cervical screening is routinely offered every 5 years to anyone with a cervix in Scotland between the ages of 25 and 64.

Trans men and non-binary people with a cervix

If you’re a trans man or non-binary person and still have your cervix (entrance to the womb from the vagina) you’re at risk of developing cervical cancer and are eligible for cervical screening.

You’ll be automatically invited:

• if you haven’t changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender and you still have your original CHI number
• if you changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender after 14th June 2015

You won’t be automatically invited if you changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender on or before 14 June 2015. Contact your GP to make sure you’re included in the cervical screening programme.

Hysterectomy

If you’re a trans man or non-binary person and have had a total hysterectomy – removal of the womb and cervix – you won’t have a cervix and thus won’t be at risk of cervical cancer.

Partial Hysterectomy

If you’ve had a subtotal (or partial) hysterectomy to remove the womb, you should still receive invites for cervical screening.

You’ll be automatically invited if you haven’t changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender on or after 14 June 2015. Speak to your GP practice about opting out of cervical screening.

You won’t be automatically invited if you’ve changed your CHI number to reflect your male gender on or before 14 June 2015. However, you won’t need to be screened as you don’t have a cervix.

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Trans women

If you’re a trans woman you:

• won’t have a cervix
• aren’t at risk of cervical cancer
• don’t need to attend for cervical screening

You’ll be automatically invited if you’ve changed your CHI number to reflect your female gender after 14 June 2015. However, you won’t need to be screened as you don’t have a cervix. If this applies to you, contact your GP.

You won’t be invited if you haven’t changed your CHI number to reflect your female gender.