Refusal of adult gender clinics to take part in study ‘shocking’ - David Bell

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Dr Hilary Cass had, through her Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People, commissioned research tracking the journeys of young people who were seen by the now-shut Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

The research could have encompassed outcomes for approximately 9,000 young people who moved from Gids into NHS adult gender dysphoria clinics.

Dr Cass described it as a “world leading opportunity” to add to the evidence base – something her report makes clear is sorely lacking in the area of gender care.

But six of the seven adult clinics declined to support the study, with reasons for not doing so including ethical considerations and concerns about funder motivation and political interference, with fears the resulting “high-profile national report” could be misinterpreted or misrepresented.

In a letter to John Stewart, national director for specialised commissioning in NHS England and NHS Improvement, dated last month, Dr Cass said that despite his “welcomed efforts to obtain cooperation, most of the NHS gender clinics have refused to take part in this research”.

Dr Cass said it had “not been at all straightforward trying to get this research off the ground” and had “absorbed a considerable amount of time and attention” from the review and delayed its work.

Part of a longer article https://uk.news.yahoo.com/whistleblower-refusal-adult-gender-clinics-230100752.html

The field of psychology has a ropey past whereby research has been misused with devastating impacts. Intelligence research has been used to sterilise women and to deny access to healthcare

And yet .... who is now sterilising people and denying access to comprehensive, evidence-based healthcare?

Thank God. Thank God it's so clear and yes, immediate scrutiny of the adult clinics and every other charlatan in this field

It's essential that adult gender services are reviewed. I'm a parent of trans identified 21 year old. They are emotionally very immature. The idea that 18 year olds should have a service with less scrutiny than 17 year olds is unfathomable. In males discomfort with gender is most likely to occur between the ages of 17 and 25. Obviously it's important to protect children and the Cass review is a huge step forward but it's just part of a bigger picture.

If they thought for one second that what they were doing was evidenced and helped they wouldn't have hesitated to share their findings.

💯 @AlisonDonut - so instead they resort to name-calling and cancellation.

David Bell was on BBC PM saying basically Hilary Cass had to be polite and we should all read between the lines!!