Nicola Sturgeon told to stop ignoring trans children care scandal
Concerns about puberty blocker referrals at London clinic have not been followed up in Scotland, warns whistleblower
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/14/nicola-sturgeon-told-stop-ignoring-trans-children-care-scandal/
Part of the article:
"David Bell, a former senior psychiatrist at the Tavistock, who became a whistleblower over its Gender Identity Development Service (GID), repeated his call for Sandyford to be closed.
"It's clear that the Sandyford is still using the same model that formed the basis of GIDs,” he said. “The research basis that informed the Dutch protocol has been entirely discredited.
"The Cass reportt_ [on gender services in England which, led to the Tavistock's closure] is not a report on the Tavistock, it's a report on gender services for children and young people. And it's the biggest report on these services that has ever been undertaken, worldwide.
"So it's bizarre not to take its findings very seriously, to say this somehow doesn't apply to Scottish children. By saying that, you're in effect saying that you're content for Scottish children to continue to be damaged by being given the wrong treatment."
In a leaked recording, obtained by The Telegraph last yearr_, a senior Sandyford clinician revealed that the Scottish clinic viewed the Dutch protocol as the “example of best practice”. However, she admitted work was ongoing to find “a robust evidence base for the treatment that we offer”.
In a private talk given last June, before the closure of the English clinic was announced, the consultant clinical psychologist claimed that it was “reassuring” that the Sandyford was not “working in a wildly different way” to the Tavistock."