NHS bosses ordered to reveal fate of 9,000 young transgender Tavistock patients Health Secretary demands full co-operation from trusts that refused to give information to Cass review The NHS must reveal the fate of 9,000 transgender young people treated by the controversial Tavistock clinic, the Health Secretary has said in the wake of the Cass review. The landmark report published on Wednesday found adult gender clinics had refused to disclose whether transgender people who started their treatment as children later changed their minds about transitioning, or went on to suffer serious mental health problems. Victoria Atkins, the Health Secretary, met Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, on Wednesday to tell her “nothing less than full co-operation by those clinics in the research is acceptable”. Writing in The Telegraph, Ms Atkins says she has had enough of “a culture of secrecy and ideology over evidence and safety”. She goes on: “We simply do not know the lifelong impact of these medical interventions on young minds and bodies to be clear that they are safe.”
Dr. Cass, in her report, expressed dismay that officials at NHS adult gender clinics refused to share with her team data pertaining to the 9,000 children seen in the pediatric clinic.x.com/benryanwriter/…
Dr. Cass, in her report, expressed dismay that officials at NHS adult gender clinics refused to share with her team data pertaining to the 9,000 children seen in the pediatric clinic.x.com/benryanwriter/…
@benryanwriter They ought to be forced to reveal information on the teenagers who were referred to adult clinics. These kids went straight on cross sex hormones with only a perfunctory “assessment”.