The new transgender treatment regulations, which The Telegraph claims to have seen, will reportedly make operations such as mastectomies, breast implants, genital reassignment, and hormone treatments more accessible.
According to The Telegraph, the report calls for the removal of ‘barriers’ to gender reassignment surgery, which can ‘benefit’ trans patients.
One of the proposed measures is reportedly to allow general practitioners to refer patients for procedures instead of specialists and to make a “single opinion” sufficient in the majority of cases to refer for surgery.
According to the NHS Scotland report, a thorough examination of a patient’s history or mental health is not required prior to referral.
People must not be required to describe their childhood, sexuality, or current gender identity and gender expression in stereotypical terms in order to access gender-affirming healthcare, according to the report.
Access to hormones and surgical procedures can serve as preventative measures against distress.
A transgender person can have persistent gender incongruence without experiencing distress and can still benefit from hormone therapy or surgery.
NHS Scotland has been contacted by MailOnline for comment.
The rules adhere to approaches advocated by the United States-based World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
The organization contends that it is unethical for medical professionals to prevent children from receiving the treatment if they wish to prevent the wrong sex from developing.
It believes that the age at which children can receive such treatment should be lowered to 14.
The prominent pro-trans advocacy organization also asserts that eunuch is a valid gender identity.
It comes after Scotland’s highest court was informed that it is ‘incorrect’ to assert that human sex is determined at birth and cannot be legally altered.
The government of Nicola Sturgeon has urged Lady Haldane to dismiss a case brought by feminist activists For Women Scotland (FWS), insisting that it is’very clear’ that UK law permits a man to transition into a woman.
Feminist activists have taken ministers to the Court of Session to challenge plans to expand the legal definition of women to include transgender individuals with a female gender recognition certificate.
Controversially, the SNP seeks to amend the law in Scotland to make it easier for individuals to obtain a GRC.
FWS contends that the change, which the government hopes will increase the number of transgender individuals on Scottish public boards, violates the Equality Act.
Ruth Crawford, KC, representing the Government, stated that a person born male could be legally considered a woman and’share’ their legal protections under the Gender Recognition Act of 2004