Transgender teenager says NHS protocol needs to change

A transgender teenager from Dorset says the system needs to change after he tried to take his own life when doctors said they couldn't help him.

James was born in what he describes as 'the wrong body' and lived as a girl for fifteen years before being diagnosed as transgender.

He was referred to a specialist NHS clinic but felt he wasn't offered the right treatment.

A study by mental health charity PACE has found that almost 50 per cent of transgender children and teenagers attempt suicide at least once.

Hannah Gamlin reports.