Transsexual challenges PCT breast augmentation refusal

[Butterfly]

Transsexual challenges PCT breast augmentation refusal
BBC
11 May, 2010


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/8675268.stm




A transsexual who has been living as a woman for over 10 years is asking the High Court to rule that she is entitled to NHS breast augmentation surgery.

The woman, of Reading and referred to as C, is fighting a test case against a continuing refusal by West Berkshire PCT to fund her treatment.

She is arguing that it amounts to a violation of her human rights and unlawful sex discrimination.

[Miniar]

Wait... does the NHS cover breast augmentation at all?

[Rock_chick]

The NHS will fund cosmetic surgery in cases of extreme body dysmorphia...I think it's seen as a last resort, you don't just go in and ask for a new pair of boobs however.