Trans children in England worse off now than four years ago, says psychologist

Dr Aiden Kelly, left, clinical director at Gender Plus, says those working on the Cass review have shown an ‘unjustifiable’ level of caution. Photograph: supplied

Transgender children are being left in a “far worse position” than before the Cass report, with a service that is “going backwards instead of forwards”, according to a psychologist who has set up a private gender service.

Dr Aiden Kelly, a clinical psychologist specialising in gender who was part of the team at the Tavistock and Portman NHS mental health trust’s gender identity development services (Gids), said he was “very, very worried” about the NHS’s ability to deliver a suitable gender service based on the findings of the Cass review.