UK investigates doctor for treating transgender kids as young as 12

Sep 15, 2017 by

by Doug Mainwaring, LifeSite:

A doctor who has given cross-sex hormones to adolescents as young as 12 in her private clinic is now under order to remain under strict professional supervision pending an investigation into her transgender treatments of young people.

The investigation of Dr. Helen Webberley of Monmouthshire, Wales, was launched after two other doctors complained to the the UK General Medical Council (GMC) about her practice, which includes an “online trans medical clinic.”

Webberley admitted to the BBC, “I’ve given four children under the age 16 hormones, three of those were age 15 and one age 12.”

The investigation and its accompanying strict supervisory period is slated to last until November 2018.  In the meantime, Webberley is prohibited from treating “trans” patients until she can engage an approved clinical supervisor.

Criticism of Webberley’s methods

According to a report from the LGBT-oriented GayStarNews, “Some trans people … have criticized Webberley for diagnosing without meeting patients face to face (she will often conduct interviews over the internet) and for profiting from her prescribing.”

Stephanie Davies-Arai of campaign group Transgender Trends, which raises concerns about gender treatment among children, told the BBC she is ‘very concerned’ by the move toward “earlier and earlier” treatment for “younger and younger” children.

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