The UK National Health Service will still administer cross-sex hormones to children as young as 16, despite announcing a ban on puberty blockers for children.
Gender reassigning hormones (GAH) will be made available to “young people with persistent gender nonconformity” under new guidance from NHS England. [or] I developed gender dysphoria around my 16th birthday. ”
The life-changing drug has been given to children, young people and the Department of Gender, despite the Department of Health’s announcement last week that puberty blockers will be banned from being given to children under 18 unless they are taking part in a clinical trial. It will be provided under.
according to telegraph paper,guidance state NHS staff should ‘ensure that individuals understand that there is limited clinical evidence about the benefits and harms of prescribing GAH treatment before the age of 16 years. He also said that it was an important decision.
The move was criticized by former Health Secretary Jackie Doyle-Price, who said: “This type of hormone treatment causes a permanent loss of sexual function. It should not be given to children for the purpose of gender reassignment.
“There are brave voices speaking out publicly about the lasting effects of cross-sex hormones. Their experience is enough to ban these treatments before reaching majority.
“No child gives informed consent to this treatment.”
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The move by the national health department comes ahead of the publication of an independent review by Dr Hilary Cass, which, based on previous releases, is highly critical of medical practice surrounding transgenderism in the UK. It is expected that this will be the case.
Mr Cass’s earlier report led to the decision to close the Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic, which had served as the UK’s main facility offering so-called gender reassignment therapy to children. The NHS has announced that the Tavistock clinic will close this year after an investigation found it was “unsafe” for children.
But while Tavistock’s doors are set to close, the NHS has decided to continue treating transgender children at regional centers across the country. In contrast to Tavistock, regional centers will be run by doctors rather than therapists and will be instructed to consider the impact of such treatment beyond the child’s mental health.
Helen Joyce, an Irish journalist and member of women’s rights group Sex Matters, said:
“One of the most concerning aspects is that children who self-harm, experience psychotic episodes or drug addiction are still eligible for hormone treatment.
“The NHS must urgently reconsider before more children are harmed by medical practices driven by ideology rather than evidence of clinical benefit.”
A spokesperson for NHS England said: “This update to the national clinical policy regarding gender-affirming hormones as an option for young people around the age of 16 with persistent gender nonconformity or gender dysphoria continues to require rigorous qualification and preparation, and now doctors It includes an assessment by a multidisciplinary national expert team to ensure a clinical consensus is reached before life-changing treatment begins.”
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