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Review of gender services has major implications for mental health services

Cass report calls for move away from mainly medical treatment as part of dramatic shift in approach to gender dysphoria

The Guardian - UK

Gender medicine ‘built on shaky foundations’, Cass review finds

Analysis finds most research underpinning clinical guidelines, hormone treatments and puberty blockers to be low quality

The Guardian - UK

Cass review set to confirm shift in NHS care for children with gender dysphoria

Findings are due to be published from review by consultant paediatrician that has already had significant impact

The Guardian - UK

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Why the Tavistock gender identity clinic was forced to shut ... and what happens next

The clinic at the heart of a heated national debate formally closes this weekend. The journalist who told the inside story of its practice reflects on those it leaves behind

The Guardian - UK

What are puberty blockers? UK government bans sale of medications to under-18s

The ban only applies to new patients

Evening Standard

The Observer view: schools guidance on gender identity could help us move on from this toxic debate

Draft is an important first step towards putting wellbeing at heart of approach that should be taken with pupils

The Guardian - UK

Delays, rows and legal challenges: inside the stalled new NHS gender identity service

Guardian analysis reveals chaotic efforts to open two units offering new treatments to children with gender dysphoria

The Guardian - UK

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The Observer view on gender dysphoria: criminalising therapy poses risk to children’s welfare

NHS England’s shift to a ‘watchful waiting’ brief on trans identity faces being undermined by campaigners seeking criminal ban on ‘conversion’ treatment

The Guardian - UK

New gender identity clinic openings further delayed

It was announced in July 2022 that the Gids service at the Tavistock and Portman Trust would be shutting down.

The Independent UK

Teachers need guidance to resolve issues of gender identity in the classroom

Government must urgently plug the policy gap currently being filled by ideology

The Guardian - UK

Trust’s ‘challenges’ with managing gender identity service before closure

The Care Quality Commission said it wanted to ensure other services provided by the trust were continuing to deliver safe and effective care.

The Independent UK

NHS gender services team 'scared as political spin targets trans rights'

“THE climate we’re in right now, the entire team is scared.”

The National (Scotland)

Tories call for Tavistock-style probe into Sandyford gender clinic

THE Scottish Conservatives are calling for a Tavistock-style probe into the Sandyford gender identity clinic in Glasgow.

The National (Scotland)

Open and calm debate needed on young people and trans issues, says author

A new book details what went wrong at the Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service for children, ahead of its expected closure this year.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Gender identity treatment needs greater caution

Letter: Dr David Bell, former staff governor at the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust, on its Gender Identity Development Service

The Guardian - UK

Sturgeon’s plans to reform gender law could leave Tories as the champions of women’s rights

The Scottish leader must take heed of changing views on the treatment of gender dysphoria

The Guardian - UK

‘An explosion’: what is behind the rise in girls questioning their gender identity?

As the NHS reviews gender referrals, parents, clinicians and young people reveal the social, medical and emotional challenges they face

ABC News

Queensland youth gender services seeing twice as many patients as two years ago

Youth gender services in Queensland are seeing twice as many patients as they were two years ago. Doctors say it is an essential service that is "not taken lightly".

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Staying informed on gender healthcare

The case of the UK’s Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) has led some to question how much information is available to Aotearoa families on the health ministry's services

The Conversation

Tavistock Clinic fallout: what the courts would consider in litigation by former patients

Clinical judgements and the clinical counselling at the Tavistock Centre, which since 1989 has provided the UK’s only gender identity clinic for children and young people, now seem set to be examined by the courts in clinical negligence claims brought by some former patients.

The National (Scotland)

Joanna Cherry and ex-Greens leader call for Sandyford gender clinic to close

JOANNA Cherry and the former leader of the Scottish Greens have called for the closure of a leading gender identity clinic for young people.

The Independent UK

Tavistock gender clinic facing legal action over ‘failure of care’ claims

Clinic accused of rushing children ‘into taking life altering puberty blockers without adequate consideration or proper diagnosis’

Manchester Evening News

Children's gender identity services moving to Manchester as long-running clinic shut down

There are warnings that having just one gender identity service provider is 'not a safe or viable long-term option' amid a huge spike in referrals

The Guardian - UK

Don’t buy the Stonewall line on gender identity? Fine. You can’t be sacked for that now

Recent court rulings vindicate a woman’s right to believe that biological sex matters

The Guardian - UK

NHS to close Tavistock gender identity clinic for children

Tavistock and Portman trust’s clinic will shut and two services will be set up in hospitals in London and north-west England

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