private patient

"It said that as of 1 July, the dental practice we're with is no longer offering that National Health Service and we're being given the option if we want to stay with them, to either obtain a dental plan or to just register as a normal private patient," he explained.

"It won't go anywhere. Will what the government is proposing be enough to overcome a private patient's income? I doubt it very much."

The 52-year-old said he may need to raise at least £120,000 to pay for the treatment as a private patient.

“Seattle Children’s took legal action to protect private patient information related to gender-affirming care services at our organization sought by the Texas Attorney General,” a hospital spokesperson said in a statement.

One private patient is 13-year-old Jasper Salisbury-Jones, from Brixton in south London, who - like Alfie Dingley - has a rare form of epilepsy.