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FOI release

000093 Transgender Chest Surgery Referrals (HTML)

Published on 24 March 2025

Date received – 19 March 2024 | Date responded – 24 March 2024

Request

How many people have been referred for transgender chest surgery, including masculinising mastectomies, in each of the last five years. I request this information to be broken down by how many were aged (a) 17 to 25 and (b) 26 and over

Response

Specialist Chest Reconstruction (17 to 25)

  • 2020/2021 = 55
  • 2021/2022 = 96
  • 2022/2023 = 77
  • 2023/2024 = 88
  • 2024/2025 = 82

Specialist Chest Reconstruction (26 and over)

  • 2020/2021 = 20
  • 2021/2022 = 33
  • 2022/2023 = 41
  • 2023/2024 = 41
  • 2024/2025 = 37

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