The NHS, Tavistock clinic and other professional health bodies, GPs: policies, practice guidelines and treatments

The current GIDS Executive leadership team has been disbanded following the Keira Bell judgement and the Care Quality Commission’s inspection rating of ‘inadequate’ - the lowest a healthcare provider can…
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Big shake-up at the Tavistock after Care Quality Commission inspection rates the GIDS ‘inadequate’
Keira Bell was interviewed on Monday 4th January on a daily lunchtime Channel 4 Entertainment and Lifestyle show ‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’. You can see the full transcript of the interview…
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Keira Bell interview: is Keira ‘reconsidering her journey’?
by Susan Matthews The issue that the High Court had to consider in the Bell v. the Tavistock Judicial Review was whether (or at what age) children can give informed…
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‘The Gender Clinic’ revisited in light of the Keira Bell judgment
by Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. The Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) and University College London have finally released the results of their experiment on puberty…
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The Tavistock’s experiment with puberty blockers, part 5: the belated results
by Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Keira Bell’s and Mrs A’s claim against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust led to a momentous judgment on 1…
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The Tavistock’s Experimentation with Puberty Blockers, part 4: The Judicial Review
In a landmark judgment that will have repercussions around the world the High Court today ruled that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones are experimental treatments which cannot be given to…
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Keira Bell: The High Court hands down a historic judgment to protect vulnerable children
The link between autism and gender dysphoria is explored in this guest post by Millie (a pseudonym), an Autistic solo mum, researcher and advocate. Millie was diagnosed with autism late…
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Autism and Gender Dysphoria
By Jane Galloway Jane is an autistic woman and parent. She campaigns to highlight not only the under diagnosis and support of autistic women and girls, but the lack of…
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The lobbyists influencing gender health care for children
BBC Woman's Hour reported today on an important change to the NHS website section on gender dysphoria: the NHS no longer says that puberty blockers are 'reversible.' The new updated…
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Are puberty blockers reversible? The NHS no longer says so
The report on the Tavistock GIDS, broadcast on Newsnight on Thursday, is the latest installment of a news story that began in 2018. Towards the end of that year, David…
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BBC Newsnight report on the Tavistock GIDS