FoI Number
2024-044
Subject
Gender Affirming Services
Date Received
18/04/2024
Request and Response
  1. Number of facial feminisation procedures performed, annually, from 2010 to present, and annual expense on these
  2. Number of tracheal shave procedures performed, annually, from 2010 to present, and annual expense on these
  3. Number of breast augmentation procedures performed under the umbrella of gender-affirming services, annually, from 2010 to present, and annual expense on these
  4. Number of referrals to speech therapists under the umbrella of gender-affirming services, annually, from 2010 to present, and annual expense on these
  5. Number of tattoo removal procedures performed under the umbrella of gender-affirming services, annually, from 2010 to present, and annual expense on these
  6. Total annual expense, from 2010 to present, on Scrotoplasty procedures, and number of such procedures. Please also provide the annual expense on the testicular implants themselves, if applicable.

All referrals for Gender Affirming surgery are processed on behalf of NHS Scotland by the Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Service (GDNRSS), which is operated by NHS England.  NHS Shetland does not provide any Gender Affirming surgery locally.