Teenage gender identity crisis – a parent’s story
ID:75453421 This is a guest post by the mother of an autistic adolescent girl who went through a teenage gender identity crisis, brought on by wider mental health issues. Many…
The NHS, Tavistock clinic and other professional health bodies, GPs: policies, practice guidelines and treatments
ID:75453421 This is a guest post by the mother of an autistic adolescent girl who went through a teenage gender identity crisis, brought on by wider mental health issues. Many…
In 2018 there was a lot going on at the Tavistock GIDS; the Trust had commissioned an internal review following serious concerns expressed by clinicians, documented in a report by…
We should be very grateful that Newsnight journalist Hannah Barnes has taken the time to think, to investigate, to interview Tavistock GIDS clinicians and write this important book. It’s a…
The NHS interim service specification public consultation ends on December 4th and we urge everyone to send in a reponse. Overall we are very pleased to see that this proposed…
We welcome the new interim service specification released by NHS England for the regional gender services that will replace the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) next year. This is…
by Shelley Charlesworth The landscape for the treatment of children and young people with gender distress has changed utterly over the last six months. The Cass Interim Report began the…
We welcome the news that the Tavistock gender clinic is to be closed down and replaced with regional services by Spring 2023. The treatment of gender dysphoric children will be…
Our severely learning-disabled sixteen year-old daughter, Helen (not her real name), is entirely dependent on others for intimate care. Nearly two years ago, her special school sent round a new…
Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford Health Talk and the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care are providing advertising for private healthcare provider, GenderGP, a private…
What is happening? There are significant differences in Clinical Comissioning Group (CCG) referral rates across England. Analysis of referrals by NHS CCGs found that some CCGs are referring under 18s…