Former staff from controversial Tavistock facility set up private gender clinic

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IwantToRetire · 21/06/2023 17:08

One campaigner said it was worrying that 'staff from a failed service' have established the private practice for children and teenagers

Gender Plus offers “specialist gender assessment for children, adolescent and young adults” which can be used as “onward referral to an appropriate endocrine or surgical team”.

It is also setting up an “associated hormone clinic”, which will be run by Paul Carruthers, who has been a “key member” of the same team in the NHS since 2015.

Article in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/20/former-tavistock-staff-private-gender-clinic-gender-plus/ (can be found by going to https://archive.ph and entering Telegraph URL)

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Former staff from controversial Tavistock facility set up private gender clinic

One campaigner said it was worrying that 'staff from a failed service' have established the private practice for children and teenagers

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/20/former-tavistock-staff-private-gender-clinic-gender-plus

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IwantToRetire · 21/06/2023 17:34

I saw this yesterday and haven't had time to read in full, my first thought was how did they get this registered. Or can you just set up a health clinic and not have it authorised by if not national, local NHS?

Or worse still, local NHS will make referrals as they will be able to get an appointment sooner.

But also made me think, that this is a cynical money maker as they have the opportunity to cash in while attempts are made to provide a better service to replace the Tavistock, ie some potential patients will want appointments as soon as possible.

Maybe this is an offshoot of Gender GP. She was reinstated wasn't she? https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-can-raise-bar-gender-26607253

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Signalbox · 21/06/2023 17:23

This is a clinic that will be run by activists.

“Other clinicians at Gender Plus include Dr Lyndsey (Igi) Moon, who has been involved with trans activism and chairs the Memorandum of Understanding against conversion therapy, which some professionals say has enforced an affirmative approach to treating people who are questioning their gender.”

Signalbox · 21/06/2023 17:15

IwantToRetire · 21/06/2023 17:08

One campaigner said it was worrying that 'staff from a failed service' have established the private practice for children and teenagers

Gender Plus offers “specialist gender assessment for children, adolescent and young adults” which can be used as “onward referral to an appropriate endocrine or surgical team”.

It is also setting up an “associated hormone clinic”, which will be run by Paul Carruthers, who has been a “key member” of the same team in the NHS since 2015.

Article in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/20/former-tavistock-staff-private-gender-clinic-gender-plus/ (can be found by going to https://archive.ph and entering Telegraph URL)

(Hope this isn't a duplicate thread - nothing came up using MN search function)

Crikey, Is this going to be Gender GP mark 2?

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