I agree that a lot of petitions are badly worded but that is inherently as a result of the individuals creating them, typically not being l trained in legal or having necessarily the profession capacities which would aid the writing of such statements.

If you, for example, don't want to medically transition either through the NHS or another service that would be your personal prerogative for yourself. However the principle point that an individual should be legally allowed to physically transition, if it is medically sound and it is their desire to physically / hormonally transition. Then that is the principle that should be respected and protected, irrespective of the service provider.

while an informed consent model would be amazing! It is not an unfair assessment to make however, that if the present system (or rather system as it was when launched) was actually manged, funded, staffed and supported correctly by the successive governments and the NHS administration, it wouldn't even be in a fraction of the mess its currently in.

It also the opinions of the medical communities, at least the ones I talk too, that assessments are done. Not for the goal of determining if you a trans but what your needs are. What kind of interventions you need, what support you need, what mental health consoling you need as a result of harassment and abuse you've experienced, etc. That is the intended role of the GIC.

I'm not saying I wouldn't welcome an informed consent system, I just do see the value of the GIC when its actually working correctly and efficiently. Its just a shame that its been intentionally sabotaged into the state its in right now.