Eighteen years of complaints and ‘thousands of damaged children’, but still the Tavistock Centre wouldn’t listen
2 years, 4 months ago

Eighteen years of complaints and ‘thousands of damaged children’, but still the Tavistock Centre wouldn’t listen

The Telegraph  

Eighteen years ago, Susan Evans blew the whistle on the NHS’s only gender identity service for young people at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. She saw a service that was under “tremendous pressure” from trans campaign groups such as Mermaids and she was alienated by other staff members for questioning the medicalisation of young people. Numerous staff members, parents and patients have made serious allegations about the running and safety of the NHS's only gender transition clinic for children. Allegations include that children are rushed to medical treatment, that doctors were “converting” gay children into thinking that they were trans and medics were failing to consider other mental health issues that vulnerable young people were suffering.

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Wes Streeting pushes ahead with NHS puberty blockers clinical trial as high court rules ban lawful
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wes Streeting pushes ahead with NHS puberty blockers clinical trial as high court rules ban lawful

The Independent  

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Cass Review: A victory for women, children and common sense
8 months ago

Cass Review: A victory for women, children and common sense

Al Jazeera  

Dr Cass’s landmark review into gender care services in England brought us one step closer to throwing the harmful delusion that is gender ideology into the dustbin of history. In England, a landmark independent review into gender care services for young people has exposed one of the biggest medical negligence scandals of recent times and vindicated those who have been …

NHS gender care taken over by ‘secrecy and ideology’, health secretary claims
8 months, 1 week ago

NHS gender care taken over by ‘secrecy and ideology’, health secretary claims

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And this near uniform prescription was imposed on children …

Cass Review: What are the recommendations on child gender care?
8 months, 1 week ago

Cass Review: What are the recommendations on child gender care?

The Independent  

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NHS bosses ordered to reveal fate of 9,000 young transgender Tavistock patients
8 months, 2 weeks ago

NHS bosses ordered to reveal fate of 9,000 young transgender Tavistock patients

The Telegraph  

Dr Cass told the NHS it was “hugely disappointing” that the clinics would not engage in research that would help to inform the future treatment of children who believe they are transgender. NHS takes responsibility for research The NHS is committed to undertaking the research and has moved the responsibility for its completion from the Cass review to the NHS …

‘We can now wake up from this nightmare’: Has the turning point in the trans debate finally come?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We can now wake up from this nightmare’: Has the turning point in the trans debate finally come?

The Telegraph  

Carolyn’s daughter was only 13 when she asked to be referred to the Tavistock clinic to begin the process of changing her gender. In that time, the NHS’s Gender Identity Development Service, based at the Tavistock clinic in London, has been shut down in one of the biggest scandals in British medical history and the NHS has announced a review …

More than 70 children aged three and four were sent to Tavistock transgender clinic
11 months, 4 weeks ago

More than 70 children aged three and four were sent to Tavistock transgender clinic

The Telegraph  

More than 70 children aged three and four were sent to the controversial Tavistock transgender clinic, statistics have shown. In total, 382 children aged six and under were referred to the Gender Identity Development Service run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in north London. The clinic had no lower age limit on referrals and was shut down …

Former staff from controversial Tavistock facility set up private gender clinic
1 year, 6 months ago

Former staff from controversial Tavistock facility set up private gender clinic

The Telegraph  

Other clinicians at Gender Plus include Dr Lyndsey Moon, who has been involved with trans activism and chairs the Memorandum of Understanding against conversion therapy, which some professionals say has enforced an affirmative approach to treating people who are questioning their gender. Private clinics ‘need investigating’ ‌Stephanie Davies-Arai, founder of campaign group Transgender Trend, said: “It is clearly worrying that …

Tavistock clinic ‘ignored’ link between autism and transgender children
1 year, 10 months ago

Tavistock clinic ‘ignored’ link between autism and transgender children

The Telegraph  

The Tavistock clinic ignored evidence that 97.5 per cent of children seeking sex changes had autism, depression or other problems that might have explained their unhappiness, a new book claims. Dr Hutchinson told Ms Barnes that she realised the puberty blockers might have been confirming a trans identity rather than simply pausing puberty, and: “I was horrified because I just …

NHS children’s trans clinic accused of peddling unscientific ‘fiction’ to patients in waiting room
1 year, 10 months ago

NHS children’s trans clinic accused of peddling unscientific ‘fiction’ to patients in waiting room

The Telegraph  

Gendered Intelligence has previously caused controversy by going into schools to give seminars on changing gender to children as young as four. Ms Harris said that “even more worrying is the suggestion that people should contact Gendered Intelligence” as the NHS should not be signposting to activist groups. “We need a full public inquiry into what has gone wrong and …

Puberty blockers given to children as young as NINE at 'Scotland's Tavistock Centre'
2 years, 1 month ago

Puberty blockers given to children as young as NINE at 'Scotland's Tavistock Centre'

Daily Mail  

Children as young as nine have been handed prescriptions for puberty blockers at a Scots gender clinic dubbed 'Scotland's Tavistock Centre', according to a bombshell investigation. The report into the national gender identity service revealed: A total of 91 youngsters aged between nine and 17 were referred to paediatric endocrinology between 2011 and 2019; Two-thirds of those referred were ‘birth …

Tavistock clinic ‘putting young gay people at risk by treating them as trans’
2 years, 3 months ago

Tavistock clinic ‘putting young gay people at risk by treating them as trans’

The Telegraph  

An NHS clinic has been accused of “transing the gay away”, as figures showed that two-thirds of children treated for gender identity issues are gay or bisexual. As it launched a defence of its charitable status, the LGB Alliance told a tribunal that the “greatest threat” to young gay people was treatment with life-altering drugs and surgery, because professionals convinced …

Kemi Badenoch: Civil servants prevented me learning truth about Tavistock clinic
2 years, 4 months ago

Kemi Badenoch: Civil servants prevented me learning truth about Tavistock clinic

The Telegraph  

Civil servants obstructed attempts by a minister to get to the bottom of events at the Tavistock child gender identity clinic, it has been alleged. ‘Harrowing’ testimony from young people Speaking to GB News on Saturday, Ms Badenoch said she was “so happy” the centre was closing having heard “harrowing” testimony from young people treated there. “What happened at the …

Tavistock clinic: Failing gender service for children to be replaced by local hubs
2 years, 4 months ago

Tavistock clinic: Failing gender service for children to be replaced by local hubs

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A damning report into gender identity services run by …

NHS faces crackdown on giving puberty blockers to children as Tavistock clinic is shut down
2 years, 4 months ago

NHS faces crackdown on giving puberty blockers to children as Tavistock clinic is shut down

The Telegraph  

The NHS could be banned from giving puberty blockers to children amid concerns that youngsters are being “rushed” into changing their gender. The Tory leadership contenders told The Telegraph they would act following the announcement that the NHS was shutting down the Tavistock transgender clinic after the Cass Review found it was “not safe” for children. NHS England will instead …

Tavistock transgender clinic shut down by NHS after review finds it is ‘not safe’ for children
2 years, 4 months ago

Tavistock transgender clinic shut down by NHS after review finds it is ‘not safe’ for children

The Telegraph  

The Tavistock transgender clinic is to be shut down by the NHS after a review found it is "not safe" for children. Announcing their response to Dr Cass's recommendations, NHS England said that “given the urgent requirement to stabilise current service provision” they will establish two “Early Adopter services” run by specialist children’s hospitals. The Cass review was commissioned by …

Doctors treating gender dysphoria feel ‘pressured to adopt unquestioning approach’
2 years, 9 months ago

Doctors treating gender dysphoria feel ‘pressured to adopt unquestioning approach’

The Telegraph  

Doctors feel “pressured to adopt an unquestioning approach” when treating children with gender dysphoria, an independent review has found. On Thursday, an interim report was published and found that while the staff working within the specialist service “demonstrate a high level of commitment” to their patients, “the waiting list pressure and lack of consensus development on the clinical approach” - …

NHS trust wins legal fight to overturn ban on puberty-blocking drugs for children
3 years, 3 months ago

NHS trust wins legal fight to overturn ban on puberty-blocking drugs for children

The Telegraph  

Children under 16 will be allowed to take puberty blockers without parental consent, the Court of Appeal has ruled. ‘Victory for common sense’ Following the ruling, Mermaids, a charity representing trans children, claimed it as “a victory for common sense and young people’s bodily autonomy” amid calls for the NHS to urgently publish updated guidance for the 5,000 young people …

Gender clinic offers 'fairytale' promises to children over transitioning, court hears
4 years, 2 months ago

Gender clinic offers 'fairytale' promises to children over transitioning, court hears

The Telegraph  

A transgender clinic offers "fairytale" promises to children because they are unable to give their consent to the sex-change process, the High Court has heard. He said it was "simply a fairytale" to think children of 13 or under can give informed consent to receive hormone blockers to delay puberty, adding that "a child who can't consent to any sexual …

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