Monday 2 March 2020

Families divided as Tavistock gender clinic court review goes ahead

Families divided as Tavistock gender clinic court review goes ahead Documents warn children that long-term effects of puberty blockers are unknown

Children considering gender reassignment on the NHS are warned that puberty blockers carry risks and that their long-term effects are unknown, according to documents filed in a landmark case examining how the drugs are prescribed.

In January, the Observer reported that lawyers had filed papers in the high court as they prepared a judicial review against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the UK’s only NHS Gender Identity Development Service (Gids), and NHS England. The Guardian

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