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8 hours agoMore support for adults facing 'staggering' waits for gender services
It is fundamentally wrong that so many LGBT+ people still face challenges when accessing healthcare, including barriers such as discrimination, misunderstanding and miseducation. The result is that LGBT+ patients face longer waits, have poorer experiences of health care and suffer from high rates of mental ill-health. This pilot marks a major step, acknowledging the unacceptable waits endured by thousands of transgender patients and starting to tackle it head on.
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