This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Debate NHS services for Transwomen having Facial Feminisation Surgery
We the undersigned would like to ask the House of Commons to debate the outcome of long term Testosterone development on Transwomen and the solution of allowing the NHS to provide Facial Feminisation Surgery to treat a condition that puts them at risk and self harm due to the over masculinized face.
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While the procedure would be aesthetic in nature, it would be in treating this condition to allow transwomen to live free of anxiety and fear of attack/discrimination in everyday life.
This would parallel chest surgery for Transmen that is currently funded by the NHS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_feminization_surgery
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We understand that you are concerned about the availability of facial feminisation surgery but we are not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
Facial feminisation surgery may be available in some circumstances on the NHS. This would be the responsibility of the local NHS service and not the UK Government or Parliament.
You could start a new petition asking the Government to provide funds to the NHS for facial feminisation surgery if that's something you would like to see happen.
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