No more puberty blockers for children from the NHS - reported in the Times!

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This is massive - and long overdue

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/97ce2e81-2884-42f5-bb82-2a2778f2cc91?shareToken=9568e79f0683beea68ffe5e978b05a29

Relieved

Righteously victorious

Sad

for those brave patients, parents and clinicians who stood up in the face of immense pressure and against what they knew was wrong.

The personal cost this has taken from some people is unfathomable. It really is a national scandal that the NHS was effectively experimenting on children.

I hope much more follows on now from this.

Just tuned into R4. Thx for the heads up.

I've always wondered how anyone can undertake a clinical trial for drugs that serve to sterilise children, may affect their brain & bone development plus a host of other potential harmful impacts on young healthy bodies.
How on earth can you begin to argue for that?

It probably will not apply in Scotland, but I think Truss's Amendment would.

4 Extent, commencement and short title
(1) In this Act—
(a) section 1 and this section extend to the United Kingdom;
(b) section 2 extends to England and Wales;
(c) section 3 extends to England, Wales and Scotland.

The medicinal products section is section 1.

Omg Dr David Bell letting rip now!

Dr Bell is on fire!!

I think after the report in June 2023, a follow up article appeared (from Hannah Barnes I think?) that new prescriptions were still being issued.

God this is fantastic

Yes to not using ‘trans child’

Many of us have said that on here.

It's all coming out, and on ED's show!! He must hate this

surely this means the end for Mermaids?

😊😊😊😊😊😊

ED is struggling. I love it

Evan Davies can't resist saying but, but what about the children who are trans?

This is exactly the same instruction given last year. No PB unless part of research. Although it became evident towards the end of the year that they were still being prescribed.

Maybe this is like when you warn your kids "I really mean it this time!" . Let's fucking hope so.

After Dr told him off for saying trans child. He has learned nothing

God, that was fantastic. David Bell made ALL the points and wouldn't be talked over by Evan Davies. I recommend anyone who missed it to find it on catch up.

Let's raise a glass to Keira Bell.

Plus, PBs are one thing and the evidence is piling up for them being ‘A BAD THING’, but by far the most common are CSHs and it’d be good to see much more research on impact there.

Hear hear!! She’s one brave woman.

About time!
Huzzah for Dr Bell, telling it like it is.

WRT last year's announcement and this one, was last year a 'pause' on puberty blockers while they looked into them?

And now they've looked into them, and they've said 'fucking no'?

Fact: 'We know that the majority of children that present with gender distress will desist, they will change their minds' - Dr David Bell

This is gold

Just to confirm: this was the lead story on BBC Radio 4's PM programme presented by Evan Davies. He had Hannah Barnes explaining the background, then Dr David Bell (ex Tavistock) explaining why the whole GIDS thing was a shitshow and why this new development to ban puberty blockers is a good thing.

The programme will go on BBC Sounds within about an hour of it ending at 6pm. If you didn't hear it go out live, you must listen this evening on catch-up. David Bell was on fire.

Dr Bell was amazing! He properly put Evan in his place and got so many good points across. Fantastic interview! (I missed Hannah).

David Bell! Thank you!

PBS ARE TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE TREATMENT.

Thank you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm