The simple answer? No. There's so many necessary treatments that aren't
available on the NHS due to lack of funding, including a treatment for MS that
alleviates *******ity in its sufferers. MS sufferers can't get this very necessary
treatment on the NHS-so why should a medically unnecessary procedure be on
the NHS?
There's been multiple studies (including one conducted by the man that pioneered
the treatment at John Hopkins in America) that found that SRS does not actually
help trans people at all. The rates of suicide are in fact higher post-surgery.
Gender dysphoria is and should be treated as a mental health disorder. We're
moving towards a dangerous place right now. Feeding dangerous drugs (which
can cause various cancers and lead to infertility) to people, and encouraging
people to have life-changing and irreversible surgeries rather than actually treating
the underlying illness. Instead of treating the illness, we treat the symptom which will only alleviate the problem temporarily.