A coroner has concluded that NHS delays contributed to a decline in the mental health of Alice Litman - who took her own life last year after more than a thousand days waiting for gender-affirming healthcare.
A coroner has concluded that NHS delays contributed to a decline in the mental health of Alice Litman – who took her own life last year after more than a thousand days waiting for gender-affirming healthcare.
Her family says she’d been left to “languish”, and they will keep fighting for her and young trans people. The Litman family thanked the Good Law Project for supporting their case.
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