Dr Simon Tickle

Written by a NHS patient at Danetre Hospital

I had my second assessment with Dr Tickle, and felt immediately at ease. We had a good two way discussion where my needs, views and wishes were listened to. We agreed a plan to move forward and I felt I had the support I needed. Dr Tickle is kind, understanding and clearly wants the best for his patients. I would extend this review to say whole team at Northampton give great service.

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I can describe my experience with Dr tickle with many words such as rude/dismissive/cruel/uncaring and unprofessional. To name a few. While in "gender treatment" I was diagnosed by a private mental health professional that I have d.i.d, which has the symptoms of gender dysphoria. In short meaning the clinic and Dr. tickle misdiagnosed me. And the way the they handled it was absolutely unacceptable and to put it blunt cruel. For instance, Dr. tickle emailing lies about me to my gp and discharging me with a complete lack of support to detransition, With attempts to keep me on hormones even though I requested to come off them numerous times. And to cap it off the amount of gaslighting I received from Dr. Tickle towards the end of my experience at the gneder clinic could almost deemed as harassment.

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Written by a NHS patient at Danetre Hospital

I liked that he listened and wasn't rushed, or at least the feeling I got was that time wasn't an issue. In some ways it was like a chat with a colleague (I am a retired clinician), other times a friend. His experience shines through constantly, along with humility and genuineness. My first visit to Northampton Gender Clinic came after a bad experience at another much larger and significantly less personal GIC. I will be for ever grateful that I saw Simon first, as he had just the approach I needed at that time. My only regret is that I didn't see more of him, but in the three years I was in their care, I have seen most of his colleagues and they all seem to share the same patient centred ethos - including the wonderful admin support staff. It was a sad day to be discharged. They had done everything I needed, but I will miss them as they are all just really genuine people and make seeing them enjoyable. I can only say it was a privilege to meet Simon on the first day at the Clinic, and as he also discharged me three years later, a sad Cherio. I have no doubt that anyone he encounters will feel valued and welcomed in just the same way as he made me on both the first and the last day - and his colleagues made me feel on those visits in between. All the best Simon.

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Written by a NHS patient at Danetre Hospital

Second time talking to Dr Tickle and once again felt listened to and at-ease with him

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Written by a NHS patient at Danetre Hospital

I agree with the review written on the 3rd of August 2021and while I can't say that I personally experienced creepy comments it doesn't mean that they didn't. I must admit that I cried when I read that review as I believed I was truly alone in this. About being in an appointment limbo if you don't agree with him, it's absolutely true and relates with my personal experience. He had a way of making you believe you had gone crazy and that it was your fault if his one method didn't work, from that point any concern or worsening of your condition is in his opinion "all psychological". It is also worrying that he is so confident in his sense of autism when he is not qualified nor was it his job to diagnose anyone with it. The moment he decided that I was on the spectrum he seemed to gain an air of arrogance, or perhaps it was always there but I know that the physical problems I was having was to him, just me being too sensitive. When I eventually made an angry phone call to him, in which I also stated that I didn't want to be demanding because I'm aware of the strain on the services and that things can be delayed, it was thrown back in my face. Much like what he did to the person who left a negative review in August he weoponized his "intuition" that something is just wrong in your head. He wrote a letter to my GP using my words against me after I had gotten angrier about the loss of my email that had intimate information about my condition. For me, it was like a kick in the gut. My only regret it that I took it out on the receptionist and not him like I should of as the only reason I was put in contact with a psychologist on their team was because he still held the belief my medical problem was in my head. He left me feeling humiliated and completely alone as I couldn't get the courage to go back to my GP service and ask for help in fear of what they would now think of me as it's a doctors word over a patients. In the end it was found that there was a problem, a problem of many that are common in transmen but it's such a taboo and Dr. Tickle's treatmemt towards me further proved why anyone would have a fear of going to a doctor about their deeply personal "invisible" conditions, (this kind of ignorant and dissmissive treatment is very common in women's healthcare too). I've never had an apology but with that being said, I have such little respect for him that I don't want his empty apology anyway.

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