Question reference: S5W-22611
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 April 2019
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 May 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve access to (a) breast augmentation, (b) facial feminisation surgery and (c) other treatments at gender identity clinics.
Answer
NHS National Services Scotland’s National Services Division (NSD) commission and manage National Managed Clinical Networks (NMCNs) in Scotland, which aim to foster improved standards and quality in healthcare.
These NMCNs include the National Gender Identity Clinical Network Scotland (NGICNS), a network of clinicians and others with an interest in the treatment and support offered to trans people and those distressed or concerned about their experience of their gender, including clarifying issues around access to surgery for trans people.
The NGICNS work with the Scottish Gender Reassignment Protocol and have requested that this be reviewed in light of a Scottish Public Health Network publication on the topic and changes to international standards due in 2020, and this request is now being taken forward.