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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Gentleman

NHS plans review of adult gender services following Cass criticisms

Trans flags with transgender symbol flying at a protest
The Cass review was welcomed by Labour and the Tories but the BMA voted in favour of a motion criticising it. Photograph: Andrew Baumert/Alamy

The NHS has set out plans for a review into the safety of adult gender services, in response to detailed concerns raised by the author of the Cass report on gender care for children and young people.

Dr Hilary Cass, the leading consultant paediatrician, listed 16 separate points of concern about the quality of treatment being offered to adults with gender dysphoria in a strongly worded letter to NHS England.

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