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Title: Gender surgery in Hounslow saved from axe
Post by: LostInTime on February 20, 2007, 08:35:52 AM
Post by: LostInTime on February 20, 2007, 08:35:52 AM
Link (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3753.html)
In a extraordinary U-turn, Hounslow PCT have now claimed that the surgery was put on a list of operations losing funding as a mistake.
A spokesman said: "Gender reassignment was listed as an excluded service in error in Hounslow PCT's consultation document.
"Hounslow PCT has no intention to discontinue the current level of service provision for gender reassignment."
In a extraordinary U-turn, Hounslow PCT have now claimed that the surgery was put on a list of operations losing funding as a mistake.
A spokesman said: "Gender reassignment was listed as an excluded service in error in Hounslow PCT's consultation document.
"Hounslow PCT has no intention to discontinue the current level of service provision for gender reassignment."