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Times article - Governor quits ‘blinkered’ Tavistock clinic

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EweSurname · 23/02/2019 19:09

Another fantastic Giliigan piece

www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/governor-quits-blinkered-tavistock-clinic-82db7wzq8

A governor of the NHS trust that runs England’s only gender clinic for children has resigned in protest at its “blinkered” and “one-sided” response to doctors who had raised the alarm about “woefully inadequate” care.

Marcus Evans, a consultant psychotherapist at the Tavistock and Portman trust with three decades’ experience, told The Sunday Times that the trust had said things that were “not true”, had created a “climate of fear” and was trying to “dismiss or undermine” concerns raised by its own clinicians.

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vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 23/02/2019 21:43

Good, this is encouraging to see.

Voice0fReason · 23/02/2019 21:38

Excellent article. The Times are doing a grand job of covering these issues.

OvaHere · 23/02/2019 20:57

Very good piece.

The Times deserve a medal for their sterling journalism over the last year or so.

littlbrowndog · 23/02/2019 20:51

Haha dodo

Calling a doctor

DodoPatrol · 23/02/2019 20:47

Did you just page Dr Haddock, Hamilton?

Popchyk · 23/02/2019 20:29

The Tavi has gone from "this report is not true in ways that we are unable to specify" last week to "we're disappointed it was leaked" this week.

Quite the shift.

And the Tavi looks to be positioning themselves to throw this Dr. Sinha right under the bus. They seem to be repeatedly naming Sinha when there is absolutely no need to do so.

They could just say "The Tavi has undertaken a rigorous review..." But no, they are singling Sinha out by name.

They also named Dr. Sinha in the now-deleted statement that they issued last week after the first Times article.

They are not naming you because they love your work, Dr. Sinha. They are naming you so that they can blame you for this shit show.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 23/02/2019 20:23

What with him and Ruth Hunt I'm wondering if people are quitting to make sure no blame gets pinned on them?

Popchyk · 23/02/2019 19:59

"The Tavistock said: “The trust is confident that Dr Sinha, with oversight from a non-executive board member and a governor, has conducted a thorough and fair review of the issues raised. It has been very disappointed at the unauthorised disclosure of Dr Bell’s confidential report to the media.”

Yep, the problem is the unauthorised disclosure. They are "very disappointed" in that.

And yet have bugger all to say about the rush to mutilate children on what even the Tavi says is "sparse evidence".

HamiltonCork · 23/02/2019 19:34

Any doctor would have to be insane to want work in this field now.

TurboTeddy · 23/02/2019 19:31

I'm so relieved this is being bought to the publics attention. Let's hope someone can apply the brakes before more children are harmed.

feministfairy · 23/02/2019 19:26

Also a good article about the travesty that is Stonewall:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stonewall-drives-away-backers-with-trans-agenda-t9jqfhc60?shareToken=a7be57af977bc0c65924d198df080ab7

DonaldTwain · 23/02/2019 19:18

I’m loving “shit/fan interface event horizon.” May steal for own use.
Fully agree with the sentiment also.

MillytantForceit · 23/02/2019 19:16

When we reach the full shit/fan interface event horizon, this is going to be as big as BSE.

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EweSurname · 23/02/2019 19:10

CLicky www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/governor-quits-blinkered-tavistock-clinic-82db7wzq8

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EweSurname · 23/02/2019 19:10

Some openly homophobic parents pushed their children to transition because they were gay, the report said. In other cases, youngsters seized on transition as a “solution” after abuse or bereavement. Their histories were not properly explored by clinicians struggling with “huge and unmanageable caseloads” and afraid of being accused of transphobia if they questioned the “rehearsed” surface presentation.

The report said Gids had tried to “placate” lobby groups such as the Mermaids charity, which campaigns for children to be given sex-change treatment.

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