New review launched into NHS gender identity services, puberty blockers, hormones

Sep 25, 2020 by Jill

by Brandon Showalter, Christian Post:

A new independent review has been launched into Britain’s National Health Service regarding gender identity services for young people and children.

The NHS said Tuesday that Dr. Hilary Cass OBE, who is the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, will lead a wide-ranging review examining several dimensions of such services, including how and when referrals are made to specialists and how clinical decisions are made pertaining to treatment of gender dysphoric patients.

The review will additionally establish “workforce recommendations for specialist healthcare professionals and examine the recent rise in the number of children seeking treatment.”

The Gender Identity Development Service for Children and Adolescents is managed by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The London-based Tavistock clinic has come under considerable scrutiny this year amid allegations that minors were being rushed into medicalized gender transition and that the physical and psychological risks were not explained.

Keira Bell, a detransitioner in her 20s who underwent hormonal transition as a teenager and then went on to have her breasts amputated, joined a lawsuit against the clinic early this year, saying she was harmed.

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