SCOTLAND'S health service has been ordered to improve its treatment of sex-change patients in a move expected to reduce delays for surgery.
Long waits for gender re-assignment treatment have led to depression and suicide attempts among men and women who feel they are living in the wrong body, according to research and support groups.
Now the Scottish Government has issued new guidelines to health boards that set out how patients suffering from gender dysphoria should be cared for, including the provision of hair removal, hormone therapy and surgery.
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