Answers needed on transgender surgery pause in Wales, says health minister
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The decision to pause surgeries at the Welsh Gender Service last week has been met with mixed reaction Gender-affirming surgery was halted because of concerns from an NHS committee over whether patients had been "appropriately assessed".
威尔士性别服务中心上周暂停手术的决定引起了不同的反应 由于 NHS 委员会担心患者是否得到了“适当的评估”，性别确认手术被叫停。
After meeting Welsh government ministers on Friday the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) said data showed the rate of surgery referrals made by the Welsh Gender Service was "significantly higher" than in England.
周五与威尔士政府部长会面后，NHS 威尔士联合委员会 (NWJCC) 表示，数据显示，威尔士性别服务中心的手术转诊率“明显高于”英格兰。
It also said the proportion of Welsh patients progressing from referral for some types of surgery was "significantly lower" than across the border.
它还表示，威尔士患者转诊接受某些类型手术后病情进展的比例“显着低于”跨境患者。
The NWJCC is the body which instructed Cardiff and Vale University Health Board to halt new referrals and planned surgeries.
NWJCC 是指示卡迪夫和维尔大学健康委员会停止新转诊和计划手术的机构。
The health board is responsible for the running of the NHS gender identity clinic which provides specialist care and support for adults in Wales.
卫生委员会负责运营 NHS 性别认同诊所，为威尔士成年人提供专业护理和支持。
It confirmed on Tuesday that some patients who had been awaiting gender-affirming surgery were already in hospital for their procedures when they were told of the suspension.
周二证实，一些等待性别确认手术的患者在被告知暂停手术时已经在医院接受手术。
The Welsh Gender Service provides referrals for patients living in Wales, but all NHS surgeries are carried out in England.
威尔士性别服务中心为居住在威尔士的患者提供转诊服务，但所有 NHS 手术均在英格兰进行。
Gender-affirming surgery - includes both masculinising and feminising procedures.
性别确认手术 - 包括男性化和女性化手术。
They are not reversible. Review into Welsh transgender surgery must be quick, first minister says Wales NHS gender surgeries paused for review into referral numbers The NWJCC said in some cases patients did not meet "the basic requirements for surgery".
它们是不可逆的。 首席部长表示必须迅速审查威尔士变性手术 威尔士 NHS 性别手术暂停，以审查转诊人数 NWJCC 表示，在某些情况下，患者不符合“手术的基本要求”。
Having an unsuitable body mass index (BMI) - a value derived from an adult's height and weight, was a factor which cropped up.
身体质量指数（BMI）——根据成年人身高和体重得出的数值——不合适是一个突然出现的因素。
There were also worries about whether wider health needs had been fully considered.
还有人担心更广泛的健康需求是否得到充分考虑。
Some clinical professionals, it said, had concerns about whether parts of the referral assessment process had been done appropriately.
报告称，一些临床专业人士对转诊评估过程的部分内容是否适当进行表示担忧。
The NWJCC said it would commission an independent review of the service, and was "working with experienced gender specialists to start the review as quickly as possible".
NWJCC 表示将委托对该服务进行独立审查，并“正在与经验丰富的性别专家合作，尽快开始审查”。
Health minister Mabon ap Gwynfor and deputy first minister Sioned Williams attended the meeting with the NWJCC.
卫生部长 Mabon ap Gwynfor 和副首席部长 Sioned Williams 出席了与 NWJCC 的会议。
After the Welsh government said: "Ministers sought and received assurances that the decision is a pause, not a stop.
威尔士政府表示：“部长们寻求并得到了保证，该决定是暂停，而不是停止。
"Each relevant case will be reviewed, and once the JCC has assurances that appropriate clinical assessments are in place, individuals will progress to surgery at the earliest possible opportunity."
“每个相关病例都将接受审查，一旦 JCC 保证适当的临床评估到位，个人将尽早进行手术。”
The decision to pause surgeries last week was prompted by data which indicated "significantly higher rates of referral for gender affirming surgery... compared with English gender services" in 2025-26, according to the health board.
据卫生委员会称，数据表明，2025-26 年“与英国性别服务机构相比，性别确认手术的转诊率明显更高”，促使上周决定暂停手术。
First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth previously said the review into surgery services must be quick.
首席部长 Rhun ap Iorwerth 此前曾表示，必须尽快对手术服务进行审查。
Ap Iorwerth said while the committee at the heart of the row had taken the decision "for the right reason" on service quality grounds, he wanted a "resolution quickly".
Ap Iorwerth 表示，虽然处于争议中心的委员会基于服务质量“出于正确的理由”做出了这一决定，但他希望“尽快解决”。
FM wants quick resolution to gender surgery pause Before the meeting a letter, signed by 26 of Plaid Cymru's 28 backbench Senedd members, was sent to the chairman of the NWJCC, Ian Green, on Monday, expressing "profound disappointment" with the decision.
FM 希望尽快解决性别手术暂停问题 会议前，周一，Plaid Cymru 的 28 名后座议员中的 26 名签署了一封信，该信已发送给 NWJCC 主席伊恩·格林 (Ian Green)，对这一决定表示“深感失望”。
The letter, which emerged on Thursday, added the development had "caused distress, fear and a deep sense of uncertainty" among the trans community, "at a time when the rights and dignity of trans people across the UK are increasingly under pressure".
这封周四公布的信补充说，这一事态发展“在跨性别群体中造成了痛苦、恐惧和深深的不确定感”，“此时英国各地跨性别者的权利和尊严正面临越来越大的压力”。
Reform UK and the Welsh Conservatives both welcomed the decision to pause surgeries.
英国改革党和威尔士保守党都对暂停手术的决定表示欢迎。
Reform's Welsh leader, Dan Thomas, said that "sensible-minded people in Wales" would welcome the suspension, adding there was "more to do to ensure a comprehensive review of the service".
威尔士改革党领袖丹·托马斯表示，“威尔士有理智的人们”将欢迎暂停服务，并补充说“还有更多工作要做，以确保对服务进行全面审查”。
Natasha Asghar, Welsh Conservative spokesperson for health, had earlier called for a review of the service.
威尔士保守党卫生发言人娜塔莎·阿斯加尔早些时候曾呼吁对该服务进行审查。
She said cancelling surgeries was "absolutely the right thing to do".
她说取消手术“绝对是正确的事情”。
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