UK: Former NHS gender reassignment surgeon says backlogs ‘spiralling out of...

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UK: Former NHS gender reassignment surgeon says backlogs 'spiralling out of control'

14th June 2014, 7:15 PM, Nick Duffy

The surgeon who performed the majority of the NHS's gender reassignment surgery has warned that backlogs are 'spiralling out of control'.

James Bellringer, the surgeon who performed the majority of vaginoplasty work for the NHS in the UK, confirmed in February that he would be resigning from the NHS's Gender Identity Clinic.

However, trans activists raised alarm that waiting lists had increased following his departure, and warned the backlog is set to only get worse, unless the trust begins to refer more people to the private sector

More: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/06/14/uk-nhs-trust-appoints-new-gender-reassignment-surgeon-amid-backlog-fears/