Please could you invite Hilary Cass?

[kiterunning]

There are so many questions about the follow-up to her report.
It would be great to have a chance to clarify proposed treatment/therapy for children and also to thank her!

Sorry I should have said Dame Hilary Cass!

Hi there @kiterunning . We can definitely have a think about this if it's something lots of people are interested in. We'll leave this thread here for people to post their thoughts and will keep reading the comments.

I would be very interested in this

Seconded by me, please do!

That would be fantastic!

Please invite Dame Hilary Cass.

She would be such a helpful speaker about these complex considerations in re: the mental health of children and young adults and the upcoming study for gender dysphoria in this population.

This would be a brilliant thing to do. I know lots of parents have questions about Dame Cass's Report, and plans going forward. Thanks, OP.

It would be fantastic to hear her first hand.

Please do this, it's so important for parents to be able to ask questions to her directly.

I'd find it really interesting. But I wonder how the contribution could be structured to make this a good place for her to communicate the nuance and detail of her report?
Perhaps a list of questions posted in advance for her to address in a blog-like manner would be better than an interactive discussion, given how debilitating, wounding and polarised online discussions in this area can become

I would be very interested in this.

I'm concerned about the proposed study on puberty blockers and how the children can give informed consent to such treatment. I'm also wondering how the information from Tavistock whistleblowers - that gay and autistic children were heavily over represented in their child patients - factors in to patient screening for the upcoming study.

I would like to see this. Cass Report is really important, I was able to reference it recently when seeking support for my autistic daughter.

Prof. Emily Simonoff is the Chief Investigator for the upcoming study. Perhaps she would also be a helpful invitee, either for this or another session that is about the study and the protocol (afaict, the protocol isn't published yet).

The study will measure a range of potential treatment benefits and harms (for example whether puberty suppressing hormones impact in a meaningful way on levels of anxiety or depression, on body image, or brain development) using a range of validated tools, questionnaires and user feedback. Key measures included in the study, and the way data are collected, will aim to bridge gaps in existing research and will also be shaped by engagement with a range of stakeholders, including children and young people referred into NHS gender services and their families or carers.
Professor Emily Simonoff has been confirmed as Chief Investigator for the study. Emily is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, where she is also currently Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Director of the King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People. She has extensive research experience and is also academic lead for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Clinical Academic Group at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The research will be co-sponsored by King’s College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/implementing-advice-from-the-cass-review/cyp-gender-dysphoria-research-oversight-board/

Yes, please invite Dame Cass!

Yes please that would be absolutely brilliant (trying to be calm and professional rather than total fangirl here)

Perhaps a list of questions posted in advance for her to address in a blog-like manner would be better than an interactive discussion, given how debilitating, wounding and polarised online discussions in this area can become

Mumsnet could put a list of questions to her, as they've done before.

I would love her to be invited.

This would be a wonderful Q&A. I'd like to see Dame Cass - and the wider MN community - protected from a TRA pile on though.

Totally support this. I've a specific question about the Tavistock. How many of the children identified not as the opposite sex, but as an animal etc. A long time ago I read about this but it's not mentioned much now. It was my understanding the Tavistock tried to hide the fact the children so identifying were ignored or it was played down. I'm interested because in my nephews school a female child is identifying as a cat.

This would be so beneficial for gaining clarity over speculation and confusion.
So yes please to this MNHQ!
Thanks for your proactivity OP.

Yes please. Very relevant to a lot of the threads here.

It would be great - but I suspect it would be wiser/she will be advised not to use MN as a forum for interview, in order to remain as a neutral voice in the space.

I would also very much like to see Dame Cass on MN. I'm very concerned about the upcoming study which she said on WH wouldn't put limits on how many children will be part of the experimentation and some clarity would be great.

Yes to this

Yes please, it would be very interesting