‘Shaky foundations’: England’s health system to review all transgender treatment | The Telegraph, London

A man holds up a transgender flag.

London: England’s publicly funded National Health Service will review all trans treatment, as a landmark report says that the evidence for allowing children and young people to change gender is built on “shaky foundations”.

Dr Hilary Cass, a paediatrician, on Wednesday published her long-awaited review into the support and treatment offered to children who believe they are transgender, and cautions that extreme care should be taken before anyone under the age of 25 transitions.

It also calls for an end to the prescribing of any powerful hormone drugs to under 18s; warns children who change gender may regret it; finds that many have experienced trauma, neglect and abuse; and says there is no “good evidence” on the long-term outcomes of the treatments that have been given to children.

The review warns of pressures on families, with parents feeling forced to allow their children to transition so they are not labelled transphobic amid a “toxic” debate.

Cass declares that “gender medicine for children and young people is built on shaky foundations”.

She says: “The reality is that we have no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress.”

In response, the NHS is to review all transgender treatment it provides, including to adults, and treatment for any new patients aged 16 and 17 seeking to change gender at adult clinics will immediately be paused.

Source: 12ft

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