Nhs new guidelines: puberty blockers

[WarriorN]

"Exclusive: NHS drafts stricter oversight of trans youth care"

"LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - England's National Health Service has drafted new guidelines for treating transgender youth that would call for local authorities to be alerted in some cases where young people have obtained puberty blockers and hormone therapies on the private market, according to a copy of the guidelines reviewed by Reuters.
The guidelines are part of a wide-ranging review of treatment for young transgender people seeking NHS care.
The current approach, which can include medical interventions, has been criticised by some practitioners who said it rushed people onto medication, and by families who complained the service could not manage fast-growing demand."

www.reuters.com/world/uk/exclusive-nhs-drafts-stricter-oversight-trans-youth-care-2022-10-14/

Tightening up safeguarding

These are draft guidelines

"The draft prepared by NHS England seen by Reuters stressed that "there is now an urgent need" to finalise the guidelines and help set up new services for transgender youth "as quickly as possible."

It was briefly uploaded to the NHS England website at the end of September, with plans for a 45-day public comment period, but later removed. An NHS spokesperson declined to say why, or when a finalised and fuller version will be made public."

Great news. Can they now make it harder for the private doctors to actually give out prescriptions for puberty blockers to under 16s and for pharmacists to fulfil them? If they were worried about losing their license to practice they would be far less blasé about children’s health.

The nhs has got itself into a bit of a jam hasn't it.

Maybe now they will see why impartiality is so important. How can you sign up fir diversity charts whilst also needing to acknowledge the "treatments" are dangerous and irreversible.

They are so key here. They have the ability to make these drugs unobtainable and prevent further harm
I hope they do so.

Adding this thread here

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4655286-reuters-leak-info-on-nhs-englands-plans-for-new-paediatric-gender-service

Sorry Helle I had a look and didn't see that one.

With so many new threads, it is hard to keep up.

As this is such an important ‘leak’, there should be lots of discussion about it.

This gives some hope that ethical medical treatment may finally be available for these vulnerable children rather than the current trans activist dictated dangerous care being offered.

Interesting it's a Reuters exclusive