Crisis-hit gender service cancelled 60 surgeries this year, Welsh health minister says
Crisis-hit gender service cancelled 60 surgeries this year, Welsh health minister saysImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Surgeries referred from the Welsh Gender Service were cancelled in AugustByDavid Deans, Wales political reporter and Mark Palmer, Wales politics…
- ▪Crisis-hit gender service cancelled 60 surgeries this year, Welsh health minister saysImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Surgeries referred from the Welsh Gender Service were cancelled in AugustByDavid Deans, Wales political reporter
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Crisis-hit gender service cancelled 60 surgeries this year, Welsh health minister saysImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Surgeries referred from the Welsh Gender Service were cancelled in AugustByDavid Deans, Wales political reporter and Mark Palmer, Wales politics assistant editorPublished4 minutes agoAbout 60 surgeries via the Welsh Gender Service (WGS) were cancelled for this year after NHS officials paused referrals in August, Wales' health minister has revealed.It is the first time figures have been given for the number of people affected by the decision to pause referrals over concerns that patients who identify as transgender had been "appropriately assessed".In a Senedd debate, Welsh Green leader Anthony Slaughter said patients were facing "unbearable limbo".
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