NHS will SHUT its controversial Tavistock transgender clinic for children after damning report warne

The NHS's controversial child transgender clinic will shut its doors after a damning report found it was 'not safe' for children.

The gender identity service at Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust will be replaced by regional centres at existing children's hospitals, which will provide more holistic care with 'strong links to mental health services'.

It comes in response to an ongoing review led by senior paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, who warned the gender clinic was 'not a safe or viable long-term option'.

She found other mental health issues were 'overshadowed' in favour of gender identity issues when children were referred to Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS).

The clinic has been accused of rushing children onto puberty blocking drugs by former patients who feel they weren't challenged enough.

Dr Cass has called for 'rapid' research on the use of the drugs after she found 'insufficient evidence' on their benefits.

NHS England said it would set up two new centres run by specialist children's hospitals in London and the North West. They will take responsibility for all of Tavistock child trans patients and waiting lists with the aim to shut down the clinic by next spring.

The controversial clinic has treated at least 9,000 children for gender dysphoria since it opened in 1989.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...nder-clinic-children-shut-damning-report.html

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Transgender mania has damaged a great number of children. It is good to see it end.

 

Puberty blockers and surgery should be a last resort in dealing with gender dysphoria especially in minors.

 

Why the rush to categorize people as something they’re not?

 

Just mentally ill people who are no longer being treated

 

Misery loves company.

 

Should be burned to the ground and all the Dr. Mengele wanna be's tossed in a deep dark hole.

 

Looks like these clinics were a little too anxious to guide younger people (who were not yet adults) down the transgender path.

I think a much more cautionary approach is warranted. They should be very cautious about anything that is non-reversible.

I think low levels of hormone-blockers are okay, but things beyond that, much more caution should be taken.

(At least with lower levels of hormone-blockers, the individual can still make a "decision" either way later)

 

SHE’S RIGHT: Tulsi Gabbard Accuses Biden Administration of ‘Dangerously Promoting Child Abuse.’

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"Former congresswoman from Hawaii and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard blasted the Biden administration for promoting puberty blockers for children, which the FDA recently acknowledged can have devastating health impacts on children.'

We told you guys this MONTHS ago.

“The FDA made a disturbing, but not at all surprising announcement just a few days ago about children’s health,” Gabbard declared in a video posted to Twitter. “Now, if you haven’t heard about it, or, if you missed it, it is because the mainstream media and the Biden-Harris administration have been completely silent on it. This warning that the FDA issued was basically saying that puberty blockers can cause serious health risks for our kids. Unfortunately, at almost the exact same time the FDA issued this warning, Biden-Harris administration officials were making public statements actively promoting the use of puberty blockers and irreversible surgeries for kids.”

Then she lowered the boom on these groomers:

“Now, let’s be clear: this administration is dangerously promoting child abuse,” she added.