The number of people having gender reassignment surgery to remove their breasts has soared by 50 per cent in two years, figures show.
Some 1,115 operations to remove breasts from people assigned female at birth who now identify as male took place on the NHS in 2024-2025.
This is up 52 per cent compared to the 734 operations carried out in 2022-2023.
More than 900 of the operations have taken place so far this financial year.
Procedures are only carried out on adults that have been referred by a specialist working in an NHS England-commissioned gender identity clinic, after they have been assessed for gender
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