NHS to close gender identity clinic for children and young people and replace it with a regional network
The NHS is shutting down its gender identity clinic for children at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust.The NHS is closing its gender identity clinic for children and young people and replacing it with a regional network after it was told that only having one provider "is not a safe option".
She recommended that gender-affirming care is provided by regional centres "led by experienced providers of tertiary paediatric care to ensure a focus on child health and development, with strong links to mental health services.
One London-based service will be led by Great Ormond Street Hospital and Evelina London Children's Hospital, with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust providing specialist mental health support. The Cass review was commissioned in September 2020 amid the rise in demand, long waiting times for assessments and "significant external scrutiny" around GIDS' approach and capacity, the NHS said.
The review's interim report warned that many of those being referred have complex needs but that, once they are identified as having gender-related distress, other healthcare issues "can sometimes be overlooked".
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