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Article: Appeal court upholds free sex changes
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- July 30, 1999
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TRANSSEXUALS have won the right to have sex change operations on
the NHS after a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal yesterday
recognised the condition as a legitimate illness.
The ruling means around 1,000 transsexuals in the UK who are
waiting for the procedure will be able to have their surgery free.
Health authorities will have to foot the GBP 8,000 bill for each
operation after the court upheld a decision made by the High Court
last December.
The panel of three judges unanimously ruled that North West
Lancashire Health Authority's decision to refuse treatment for the
three was unlawful. The three patients, known as A, D and G, and
campaigners, welcomed the decision.
But the NHS ...