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Title: NHS Fife spends £50,000 on sex swap ops
Post by: Natasha on September 03, 2009, 05:14:20 PM
NHS Fife spends £50,000 on sex swap ops

http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/09/03/391409-nhs-fife-spends-pound50000-on-sex-swap-ops/ (http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/09/03/391409-nhs-fife-spends-pound50000-on-sex-swap-ops/)
9/3/09

The figures were revealed recently under freedom of information laws which showed £1.5 million was spent on the swap op over the past five years in Scotland.

This saw more than 100 patients across the country go to private hospitals and clinics in England for the delicate gender realignment surgery because there's no suitable site here.
Title: Re: NHS Fife spends £50,000 on sex swap ops
Post by: Jay on September 04, 2009, 08:12:35 AM
Intresting... thats alot of money!

Jay
Title: Re: NHS Fife spends £50,000 on sex swap ops
Post by: tekla on September 04, 2009, 08:18:00 AM
thats alot of money

For you and me, yes.  For a government, hardly noticeable.  Over five years its almost nothing.
Title: Re: NHS Fife spends £50,000 on sex swap ops
Post by: Miniar on September 04, 2009, 11:35:13 AM
When they post that information, they should post something else with it for comparison.
I wonder how much was spent on flu shots this year...