Reform of Service Provision of Gender Identity Disorders in the NHS

"told i cant have surgery on adams apple or facial feminisation because NHS dont do plastic surgery by GP"

"The wider medical community also need educating, not just GPs. That is important with more use of NHS Direct being made."

"Attitudes are changing- how about the NHS?"

"my pct will only fund my SRS if it can be proved that the need is life threatening"

"whilst i have been lucky enough to have had treatment and surgery under the NHS, I know that i am in a very small percentage who do. Please end this lottery of treatment for the rest of my sisters and brothers, you know it is clearly in contravention of o"

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"My referal to Charing Cross GIC has been lost after my having waited over 6 months for an appointment or acknowledgement of my existance."

"As a partner of a ts girl who is living full time and is fully accepted by family ,friends & local community in which she lives and works,i find it hard to understand why we have to struggle to save hard so that she can see someone just so they can te"

"Over the last 8 years I've consistantly picked up the emotional pieces of others going through the NHS GIC route. Now it's personal:::Co-Owner TSFOLK-UK Mailing list"

"The current arrangements made an already stressful period in my life many more times more stressful. For the well being of those in need, change is urgently needed and has been urgently needed for many years."

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"I've been very lucky with the treatment I've received; it hasn't all been plain sailing, but in general I've not had too many setbacks. But I do know many other transpeople whose treatment has been nothing short of appalling. I don't think it's unreasonab"

"My GP is great and very understanding however it is quite obvious he is flying blind with no tuition and no real sense of where he can refer me to, this has meant that for the majority of my treatment I have had to find privately sourced means to be treat"

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