FOI – 2023-000179 Amount Spent On Transgender Related Treatments Each Year (HTML)
Date received - 23 May 2023 | Date responded - 08 June 2023
Request
The overall amount spent on transgender-related treatments each year from 2017/18 to 2022/23, such as gender-affirming care, medication, counselling/therapies, surgery et al.
Response
I refer to your freedom of information request that we received on 23 May 2023 requesting the following information.
The overall amount spent on transgender-related treatments each year from 2017/18 to 2022/23, such as gender-affirming care, medication, counselling/therapies, surgery et al.
I can advise you that we have now completed the search of our records and can provide you with the following information:
Under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act (FOISA) an organisation does not require to provide information if it does not hold that information. NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) does not hold some of this information, such as gender-affirming care, medication and counselling/therapies. National Services Division (NSD) only cover the cost of surgery out with Scotland, the cost of which are detailed in the attached, Appendix 1 – Gender Reassignment Costs. I trust you will find the information of assistance and if you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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