Panorama 25 Feb 20.30hrs: Trans Kids: Why Medicine Matters **Thread title edited by MNHQ**

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"More young people than ever are exploring their gender identity. Last year, two and a half thousand under-eighteens were referred to NHS England's gender identity clinics for support. Some are hoping to get access to potentially irreversible treatments as soon as they can. Doctors are divided about the best way to help."

"Dr Faye Kirkland investigates how much we understand about the care being offered to transgender children."

"potentially irreversible" is an interesting choice of wording by the BBC.

August 2018 investigation still available on iplayer:

"Online Doctors Uncovered
Panorama

Panorama goes undercover to reveal online doctor sites putting profit before patient care. In 2017 the Care Quality Commission issued a warning about the risks of buying drugs prescribed by doctors online. The programme discovers opiate-based painkillers and slimming tablets being sold to potentially vulnerable people and antibiotics being delivered across Europe in the face of warnings about resistance.

Dr Faye Kirkland, journalist and GP, meets the families of patients who have died after online consultations and exposes the sites running rings around the regulators."
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3qb74

Random thoughts ticking through my head about Dr Haddock disappearing from Twitter and out of sight in New Zealand. Could he have known this was coming up? And Ruth Hunt. And Stonewall trustees up against the wall and fighting anyone and everyone in desperation. Next it'll be Owen 'wrong side of history' Jones taking a couple of months out of the limelight.

Shon Faye has also gone very quiet - anyone know why?

"potentially irreversible" is an interesting choice of wording by the BBC.

The other month they were running completely reversible. You've got to laugh haven't you?

Will watch this if it gets uploaded somewhere, which I am sure it will. Can't watch BBC stuff, or live TV as refuse to pay TV license.

Dr H has disappeared because he’s under investigation by the GMC.
The others are probably panicking.

Good points Gosh

I will watch with interest. Is this on tonight? (Mentally sets planner not to clash with new Alan Partridge)

Yes, it is tonight (Monday 25 Feb)

The BBC schedule says it's on tonight;
www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6p

The programme website says its on Wednesday;
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002tw1

Are they deliberately trying to have us miss it. Lucky I'M not paranoid.

Have to go out

Will miss this, and following the Norwich meeting on twitter - have followed every meeting I can so far.

Still, the rest of life has to go one

The BBC page (aimed at young people) I complained about that had the fully reversible stuff on it has disappeared.

hmm - interesting.

Duh, sorry about the date. Have asked for the title to be altered.

[crossed fingers -feeling quietly hopeful]

DrH is travelling around NZ and reported he would be taking a SoMe break whilst away so nothing to do with the GMC I don’t think.

Dr H knows he’s under investigation so he would be foolish to make things worse.

Maybe Dr H is looking to relocate?!

Shon Faye seems to have deleted nearly all their tweets.

Regretting the "get tits early and be as slutty as you can" and "enjoy your erasure" tweets, shon ?

Expect a lot of people to be deleting their tweets in the near future. This scandal is going to break sooner or later.

I want this to be open an honest but it's the BBC.

About to start

Appears to be Wed in Scotland and tonight elsewhere.

Here we go! Is that Helen Webberly I spy?