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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

England's health service says it won't give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics

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The publicly funded health service in England has decided it will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics, saying more evidence is needed about the potential benefits and harms.

The National Health Service said Friday that “outside of a research setting, puberty suppressing hormones should not be routinely commissioned for children and adolescents.”

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