‘Unacceptable’ waiting list of up to eight years for NHS gender care, reveals health secretary

Patients needing NHS gender care face a 42,000-long waiting list, with some waits as long as eight years, health secretary Wes Streeting has revealed.

Mr Streeting has vowed to address “unacceptable” waits for tens of thousands of people needing access to adult gender dysphoria services, The Independent can reveal.