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Charities should follow Cass Review recommendations, says watchdog

Charities should follow the Cass Review findings and ensure they keep up to date with any future changes to guidance or legislation, the sector’s watchdog has said. The Charity Commission made a statement on wider issues as it published its report ...

24 Oct 2024 at 02:05

Puberty blocker pause not fuelled by ideology, says top doctor

Scotland’s pause on puberty blockers was not driven by ideology, the country’s top doctor has said. Earlier this year, the decision was taken to pause the prescription of puberty blockers to young trans people following the publication of the ...

29 Oct 2024 at 12:36

Children will need two appointments before referral to new gender services

Children newly referred for gender care in the NHS must have been seen by a GP and mental health specialist or paediatrician first, under plans for changed services set against a backdrop of thousands waiting for appointments. Four months ...

07 Aug 2024 at 12:56

Scotland

Scottish Government ministers face questions over use of puberty blockers

Scottish Government ministers have been accused of having “buried their heads in the sand” on medical issues by refusing to halt the use of controversial puberty blockers for young people questioning their gender identity. With NHS ...

15 Apr 2024 at 19:34

Scotland

Harvie confirms he will stand down if Greens leave Scottish Government

Patrick Harvie has confirmed he will quit as Scottish Green co-leader if party members vote to leave the Bute House Agreement, though he dismissed a no confidence motion in him at Holyrood as “sordid political game-playing”. The ...

23 Apr 2024 at 15:59

Hilary Cass: Ideology on all sides directed gender care of children

NHS adult gender services in England will undergo a major review after the doctor behind a long-awaited report on children’s services said teenagers are “falling off a cliff edge” in their care when they reach 17. The ...

10 Apr 2024 at 05:05

Cass findings show need for extreme caution in children’s gender care, says PM

The findings of a major review that concluded that medical treatment in children’s gender care has been based on weak evidence has shone a spotlight on the need to “exercise extreme caution” in this area, the Prime ...

10 Apr 2024 at 13:31

Cass Review findings of weak evidence in gender care ‘scandalous’ – Streeting

Findings that children’s gender care in the NHS has been based on weak evidence have been branded “scandalous” by the shadow health secretary who told of his anger that adult gender clinics had refused to take ...

10 Apr 2024 at 17:02

NHS to close only gender identity clinic and replace it with regional network

The NHS is closing its gender identity clinic for children and young people and replacing it with a regional network after it was told that only having one provider “is not a safe or viable long-term option”. ...

28 Jul 2022 at 15:36

Review into safety of adult gender services to begin within weeks

A review into whether adult gender services are safe for patients is to begin within weeks and be led by an NHS medical director. The review was first announced in April following the Cass report into ...

07 Aug 2024 at 14:02

Cass Review ‘should mark a watershed moment’ – charity chief

Publication of the Cass Review’s final report on gender care for children on the NHS has been hailed as a “watershed moment” by a charity leader. Its recommendations are an “opportunity to dismantle ...

10 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Alba submits confidence motion in Harvie following Cass Review response

Scottish Green co-leader and Government minister Patrick Harvie could face a confidence vote in Holyrood. The Alba Party announced on Tuesday its Holyrood leader Ash Regan is submitting a motion of ...

23 Apr 2024 at 09:32

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