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Taxpayers shell out £6.5m NHS bill amid huge surge in trans patients wanting breast removal

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“Taxpayers shell out £6.5m NHS bill amid huge surge in trans patients wanting breast removal”

British taxpayers are footing a £6.5million bill for soaring rates of breast removal operations on the NHS, new data has revealed. In the 2024-25 financial year, 1,115 such procedures were performed, a 52 per cent jump from the 734 mastectomies conducted in 2022-23. NHS England estimates each operation costs £5,800, leaving taxpayers with an annual bill of up to £6.5million. The data, secured through freedom of information requests, expose for the first time the steep upward trajectory of what…

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