Children as you g as seven to be offered NHS transgender treatment

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Inamuddle36 · 04/08/2023 23:30

“Children as young as seven will get transgender treatment on the NHS, according to plans seen by The Telegraph.
In details of the new service to replace the controversial Tavistock clinic, NHS England has set out how it will limit the use of puberty blockers and ban activists and teachers from referring children for treatment.
For the first time, it has set a minimum age of seven for referral to the gender identity clinics.
These children will be offered psychological support and therapy that will focus on issues that may have led to their feelings about their gender.
However, experts have warned that the age restriction could still put young children with mental health problems on a “pathway to medical transition”.
Campaigners welcomed the “move toward an evidence-based approach”, but said there was still work to be done to ensure children are kept safe.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/04/children-aged-seven-nhs-transgender-treatment/

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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OldCrone · 05/08/2023 11:14

ResisterRex · 05/08/2023 09:57

The headline isn't misleading, the idea that children who still believe in Father Christmas but can't get tattoos BUT DO HAVE "a sufficient intellectual understanding of sex and gender" is":

"The plans state: “Children under seven years of age may not be expected to have sufficiently developed their intellectual understanding of, and comprehension of, sex and gender to be able to understand the reasons for, and potential consequences of, a referral to a specialist gender incongruence service.”

By seven, children will “be more established within school, and education professionals and school nurses will be able to contribute to a general observational view as to the appropriateness of a referral”."

Mad, bad, dangerous

What understanding of sex and gender do they think a 7 year old has?

Why would a 7 year old need to go to a gender clinic?

SamanthaThePanther · 05/08/2023 11:24

It's behind a paywall.

OldCrone · 05/08/2023 11:34

Paste the link into archive dot ph

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