Major report warns ‘polarisation and stifling of debate’ has not only let children down but hampered medical and scientific progress in the area
Report by Dr Hilary Cass finds young people being let down by lack of research and evidence on medical interventionsThousands of children ‘let down by NHS’Review has major implications for mental health servicesA review into the NHS’s gender identity services has found that children and young people have been let down by a lack of research and evidence on medical interventions in a debate that has become exceptionally toxic.Dr Hilary Cass said her report was not about defining “what it means to...
Under-investment had led to a "complicated and unwieldy system" being used,
NHS England to review seven specialist services after staff share misgivings privatelyAdult transgender clinics in England are facing a Cass-style inquiry into how they treat patients after whistleblowers raised concerns about the care they provide.NHS England has announced that it is setting up a review of how the seven specialist services operate and deliver care after past and present staff shared misgivings privately during a previous investigation. Continue reading
Leading consultant paediatrician says unproven treatments and ‘toxicity’ of trans debate damaging outcomesKey findingsAnalysisThousands of vulnerable children questioning their gender identity have been let down by the NHS providing unproven treatments and by the “toxicity” of the trans debate, a landmark report has found.The UK’s only NHS gender identity development service used puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, which masculinise or feminise people’s appearances, despite “remarkably weak...
The booming “gender-affirming care” industry suffered a devastating hit with the release of a long-awaited British review that found “remarkably weak evidence” to support treating children and young adults with gender-transition drugs and surgeries.
The first minister finally spoke publicly about the Cass Review after a week of ignoring it, but his comments showed his 'painfully weak leadership' as he failed to commit to anything.
Appointed by NHS bosses in the wake of the Tavistock scandal, Dr Cass has sorted fact from fiction in a debate which has become exceptionally toxic.
Jason Pulman struggled with mental health problems as well as his gender identity, regularly self-harmed and abused drink and drugs in the run-up to his death, mother Emily told an inquest.
The health service will launch a new review of adult services will serve as a 'Cass, part two', encompassing the whole field after experts were blocked from tracking the fate of trans children.
Lib Dems and health trusts say patient and staff safety being put at risk by poor state of ageing infrastructureMillions of patients are being put at risk in crumbling hospitals that are unfit for purpose, MPs have said, as figures reveal more than 2,000 NHS buildings are older than the health service itself.Health bosses have repeatedly warned ministers of the urgent need to plough cash into replacing rundown buildings in order to protect the safety of patients and staff. The maintenance...
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