NHSE ABOLISHED - What does this mean for its trans patients??
UK PM, Sir Keir Starmer has announced today (13/03/2025) that NHS England is to be abolished. (Not the NHS).
NHS England makes decisions/approvals for GRS and hair removal treatments. But over the next two years its arm will be transferred back into the hands of the government (DHSC). Just like it was pre-2013.
But what does this mean for NHS trans patients? Will funding approvals be harder to get? Will funding be refused?? Will waiting lists for GRS become longer or will this new radicalisation speed it up??
Is NHS transgender care now in jeopardy?? 13,000 employees are currently employed by NHSE, who will either be moved to other departments or lose their jobs either through voluntary redundancy or natural wastage.
Will certain conditions no longer be treated on the NHS?? So many questions?? So much uncertainty?? This will ultimately be transformative change for NHS trans patients or catastrophic??