Some of you know that the UK practices socialized medicing under its NHS (National Health Service), but you may not know that there is not one singular NHS but multiple ones, with each of the UK's four constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) having their own arrangements, sometimes under different names

The attitude of the Welsh medical profession to transgender treatment and surgery is more tolerant than the English one, and consequently the number of people referred for treatment and/or treated under the Welsh NHS is greater than the number under the English NHS(s). This is due to greater tolerance plus the fact that English anti-trans prejudice has forced English trans people to seek private healthcare, self-administered healthcare, going abroad or *in extremis* emigrating and thus not appearing in the NHS figures. There is also an artifactual element as people who were referred to England for treatment are now returning to/moving to Wales, causing a bulge.

The English journalist and anti-trans campaigner Nick Wallis has noticed this and contacted Conservative AMs (AM= the equivalent of MP in Wales's devolved Government). Those AMs, combined with The Times's ongoing anti-trans campaign, have forced an immediate stop to all Welsh-funded surgery, whether scheduled or literally in the waiting-room in the morning for afternoon surgery.

This is an appalling interference of politics in the medical process and I am frankly disgusted. I am not surprised because it's the UK which is out of control at this point.

I would be grateful therefore if you could publicise this as much as possible and/or protest this through the appropriate channels. I will update as I can.

[https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1vzve6m/welsh\_gender\_service\_review\_cancelled\_surgeries/](https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1vzve6m/welsh_gender_service_review_cancelled_surgeries/)

Welsh Gender Service Review - Cancelled surgeries #BWOT