When the caring thing to do … is nothing

May 5, 2022 by

from Voice for Justice UK:

In what must surely be viewed as a setback by transgender activists, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has taken the brave step of ordering an urgent inquiry into transgender treatment for children.

This comes in the wake of an interim report into NHS gender identity services for children led by Hilary Cass, a former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The report states that children are being adversely affected by a lack of expert agreement about gender identity problems, with mental health issues being all too frequently overshadowed or even ignored by health professionals who are rushing children into transitioning treatment without adequate assessment or investigation.

Speaking in the House of Commons last week, and comparing political unwillingness to address the problems with fears of racism in Rotherham over grooming gangs, Mr Javid said, “It’s already clear to me from [Cass’s] interim findings and from the other evidence that I’ve seen that the NHS services in this area are too narrow, they are overly affirmative, and in fact they’re bordering on ideological.”

“Ideological”? Brave indeed, but the comment is eminently justified. In the last decade, referrals to the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust went from 138 in 2010-11 to 2,383 in 2020-21 (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/10/nhs-gender-identity-service-for-children-cant-cope-with-demand-review-finds), which translates into a 1,460% increase in referrals for boys and a staggering 5,337% increase for girls (https://www.transgendertrend.com/surge-referral-rates-girls-tavistock-continues-rise/).

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