Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Puberty blockers are a type of medicine that prevent puberty from starting by blocking the hormones – like testosterone and oestrogen – that lead to puberty-related changes in the body. In the case of trans youth, this can delay unwanted physical changes like menstruation, breast growth, voice changes or facial hair growth.

On Tuesday (12 March), NHS England confirmed the medicine, which has been described as “life-saving” medical care for trans youth, will only be available to young people as part of clinical research trials.

The government described the move as a “landmark decision”, Sky News reported. It believed such a move is in the “best interests of the child”.

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    6 months ago

    Fact: Lots of things happening in the UK for those who do not know:

    Why was the Tavistock experiment allowed to go on for so long?

    Hopefully, this will be the end for the cult of trans, which reels in impressionable young people when they aren’t sure who they are

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/02/15/why-tavistock-experiment-allowed-go-long/


    Tavistock transgender clinic shut down by NHS after review finds it is ‘not safe’ for children

    Young people who believe that they are trans will be moved into regional centres which will take a more ‘holistic’ approach to treatment

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/28/tavistock-transgender-clinic-shut-nhs-review-finds-not-safe/

    “The decision is a response to the interim Cass Review, which warned that medics in the Tavistock had felt “under pressure to adopt an unquestioning affirmative approach” to gender identity rather than going through the normal process of clinic assessment with young people.”

    PS: Do not shot the messenger. I was not the one who carried the investigations nor did the abuse as per described in the articles.