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Health Secretary Urges NHS England to Swiftly Make Changes to Children's Gender Care

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Health Secretary Victoria Atkins calls for an end to the 'culture of secrecy and ideology' in children's gender care and demands swift action to understand the experiences of young patients.

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said NHS England must make changes to children’s gender care swiftly

Several gender dysphoria clinics to which Tavistock patients moved refused to take part in a study on the outcomes of the patients, which Ms Atkins described as “disgraceful”. The report by Dr Hilary Cass, first commissioned in 2020, concluded that gender care is currently an area of “remarkably weak evidence” and young people have been caught up in a “stormy social discourse”.

“I commend those brave voices who spoke up to raise the alarm about how treatment was diverging so far from guidance.“We simply do not know the lifelong impact of these medical interventions on young minds and bodies to be clear that they are safe.” Dr Cass said it would have been a “world-leading opportunity” to add to the evidence base and described it as “hugely disappointing” that they had decided not to take part.

Asked if trans women are women, he replied: “No, it’s to the extent that, and I say this with some self criticism and reflection, if you’d asked me a few years ago, on this topic, I would have said trans men are men, trans women are women. Some people are trans: get over it. Let’s move on. This is all blown out of proportion.Mr Streeting said a Labour government would take an “evidence-led approach to this” area of healthcare in future.

 

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