To think the BMA should hang its head in shame after first decrying the Cass review and now, embarrassingly completely reverse ferreting on the entire thing. What happened to Do No Harm?

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Zahariel · 27/09/2024 07:58

Title says it all, but activists who don't believe in evidence based medicine, but do believe in the medical mistreatment of children, had tried to force the BMA into taking an idealogical position in the treatment of gender questioning children.

This stance has badly damaged the standing and trust of medicine in this country for gender questioning children, who need proper, evidenced, holistic help.

I really feel for the children, and parents, caught up in this sorry mess. Shame on these virtue signalling activists for setting children back so far.

new statesman article: https://www.newstatesman.com/thestaggers/2024/09/the-bma-turns-away-from-rejecting-the-cass-report

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 27/09/2024 09:01

So often the people who are really good at a job want to go on doing it so the less able people end up running the union* with minimal oversight from others. They only wake up to the stuff being done in their name when it hits the headlines.

*and plenty of other organisations too

endofthelinefinally · 27/09/2024 08:58

The small minority of TRAs who got themselves into a position of power within the BMA should be investigated, not least by having their hard drives looked at. There are bad apples in every organisation. This was a wake up call for all the BMA members who were too busy to realise what was going on. The BMA is not fit for purpose.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 27/09/2024 08:57

I have the impression that this may have been a wake up call to members that their professional body is bringing the medical profession into disrepute. I'd like to think that this will be remembered at the next elections for council members.

TheKeatingFive · 27/09/2024 08:57

The whole thing is a shambles, totally agree.

It seems that too many people are confusing activists and experts. I also don't understand why trade unions are getting involved in matters like this. Surely that's not their job.

nothingcomestonothing · 27/09/2024 08:56

The BMA, like a lot of UK institutions, has been taken over by activists who only care about promoting their ideology. It's a very effective tactic for them, as the general public don't realise and assume it's still the reasonable, evidence based organisation it was meant to be. See also, the NHS, BBC, civil service, Stonewall.

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Zahariel · 27/09/2024 08:52

Archive link to skip the paywall if you want
https://archive.ph/0eHj1

"The British Medical Association (BMA) has reversed its decision to call for a pause in implementing the recommendations of the Cass Review, the New Statesman can reveal. It follows intense criticism of the doctors’ union after this publication exposed its discussions regarding the rejection of the findings of Dr Hilary Cass’s independent review into gender identity services for children and young people."

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