Satisfaction with a gender realignment service

Many components make up a successful comprehensive gender realignment service. These components vary throughout the different UK-based services. We argue that it is essential to incorporate the views of patients using such services to ensure that these meet expectations and needs as well as eliminate post-operative regret where possible. Early age for surgery in accurately diagnosed patients with meaningful support, equality in access to services and reducing post-operative complications were all considered to be important factors by our patients. Incorporating these factors should contribute to improved services for this specialist group of patients.