Can a transsexual person get treatment on the (National Health Service) NHS in the UK?
Only a short while age I would have answered NO in most cases. It was entirely dependent upon the area in which you lived. I believe that this came from a total lack of understanding by the medical profession of the implications of transsexuality and the effect it can have upon both the sufferer and those close to them. It is one of the most likely things to prompt suicide. I know, I have seriously attempted it myself, and it is only due to the love that exists between my wife and myself that I am alive today. Surely this should have some bearing on whether it warrants NHS treatment; it is after all potentially life threatening. However since the success in the courts against the NorthWest Lancashire health authority, transsexuality has been officially recognised as a serious illness. Illness is not in my opinion truly accurate. It is actually a condition that we are born with. Serious it most definitely is. On the negative side, NHS treatment is old-fashioned and very, very slow. One
