Dr Margaret McCartney in the BMJ on the Cass report

[ArabellaScott]

https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q1189

'Publication of the Cass review in April 2024 was a seminal moment in contemporary medicine.'

'I urge major medical institutions to treat the Cass review as a significant event, and consider what they have contributed, both negative and positive, to the damning conclusions. Was speaking up in their organisation possible, and welcomed? Did people raising concerns have fair hearings, or were they attacked or dismissed? Did the organisation enable rational debate, or instead attempt to shut it down? Did the organisation acknowledge uncertainty and the potential for harm in current practice? I don’t expect any of that to be easy. But without understanding what has happened, we will only be ready to make the same mistakes again, just in a different set of circumstances.

A lovely bit of straight talking, let's hope people are listening...

"As Cass states, for most young people experiencing gender dysphoria, it is temporary; it is often associated with neurodiversity; it mainly resolves over time, and medical intervention does not benefit the majority."

Refreshing to see it put so succinctly in the BMJ.

Yes. Short, direct, and bracing!

Thank you Arabella. That was a much needed read today.

Margaret McCartney was the voice of reason on Radio 4's medical show and I'm not hugely surprised but very pleased to see this here.

Try this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0005t8m

Thanks Arabella
How wonderfully clear and succinct that is!

Thank you Arabella. I really like Margaret McCartney, she always gives a very considered and evidence-based response. Interesting to see that she is a director of Beira's Place.

That's so good.
It's so important that these questions are answered by institutions before the next queer theory / politically motivated ideology demands the medical profession carry out harmful "medical care" on children and young adults.

Margaret is fantastic - and a proud advocate for women's rights. Her big "thing" is evidence-based medicine and she argues her points very well.

She is a big hero of mine!