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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 or viable long ...
The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) was the specialist clinic nationally commissioned by NHS England to provide care to transgender and gender diverse children, including those with gender dysphoria. In the years leading up to the Cass Review, several GIDS staff members voiced concerns over the evidence base for the treatments being ...
The Gender Identity Development Clinic was founded in 1989 by Dr Domenico Di Ceglie, a child and adolescent psychiatrist. [3] [6] It was one of the first child gender services in the world. After its opening, "it got two referrals over the whole year". [7]
In July 2022, the NHS ordered the London-based gender identity clinic at the Tavistock and Portman Trust to shut its doors after an independent review raised safety concerns that it was rushing ...
March: NHS England confirms children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, saying there is not enough evidence to support their “safety or clinical ...
In 1989 the Tavistock established the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), a highly specialised clinic for young people presenting with difficulties with their gender identity. [15] In July 2022, following a critical independent review from Hilary Cass , it was announced that this service would be discontinued and replaced with regional ...
At the end of May 2022, Tavistock GIDS, the NHS' only youth gender identity clinic, reported there were over 5,035 people on its waiting list. Young people seen for the first time that month had waited on average 1,066 days for a first appointment – just under three years. [31]
The Cass Review, which was an independent review of gender identity services for children and young people in the NHS, said that for the majority of young people a medical pathway “may not be ...