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Doctors question union over puberty blocker views

Doctors question union over puberty blocker views

A review of gender services by the leading paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, commissioned by NHS England, was published in April. It concluded that children had been let down by a lack of research and “remarkably weak” evidence on medical interventions. Her report called for a move away from medical responses for children struggling with their […]

BMA calls for ban on puberty blockers to be lifted

BMA calls for ban on puberty blockers to be lifted

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Puberty blockers ban is lawful, says High Court

Puberty blockers ban is lawful, says High Court

Campaign group TransActual UK said it condemned the decision by the High Court and would try to appeal. The case follows the review by Hilary Cass earlier this year which found a lack of evidence around treatment for under-18s with puberty-blocking drugs. Puberty blockers are drugs used to delay or prevent puberty happening. In March […]

Review says puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise

Review says puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise

The claims have been led by legal campaign group, the Good Law Project, on X, formerly known as Twitter. The group is challenging the decision by the previous health secretary to end the prescription of puberty-blocking drugs by private clinics to children and young people with gender dysphoria. That was recommended in the Cass Review, […]

Scotland's under-18s gender clinic pauses puberty blockers

Scotland's under-18s gender clinic pauses puberty blockers

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Puberty blockers to be given only in clinical research

Puberty blockers to be given only in clinical research

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What Are Pronouns?

What Are Pronouns?

Gender pronouns are used to refer to gender identity, which is how someone feels in terms of masculine, feminine, somewhere in between or neither. Watch the full video to learn more! #pronouns #genderidentity #pride —————– AMAZE takes the awkward out of sex ed. Real info in fun, animated videos that give you all the answers […]

Keira Bell: NHS trust appeals against puberty blockers ruling

Keira Bell: NHS trust appeals against puberty blockers ruling

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Keira Bell case: What are puberty blockers?

Keira Bell case: What are puberty blockers?

As part of the ruling, they said “there is real uncertainty over the short and long-term consequences of the treatment with very limited evidence as to its efficacy, or indeed quite what it is seeking to achieve. This means it is, in our view, properly described as experimental treatment”. Source link You Might Also Like! […]

Puberty blockers: NHS to set up independent review group

Puberty blockers: NHS to set up independent review group

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