Children and young people’s gender services: implementing the Cass Review recommendations

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NHS England has just published its response to the Cass Review:

www.england.nhs.uk/publication/children-and-young-peoples-gender-services-implementing-the-cass-review-recommendations/

I've not read the full report yet but it doesn't seem to have been influenced by the BMA response last week!

I mean, lots of teenagers have mental health problems. There’s very little provision and it’s hard to access. Even kids in real crisis with super-capable parents often can’t get help. Showing them that if they express their distress in terms of gender, there are new clinics and the prospect of research interest in them is a terrible idea. We know that mental health conditions are often expressed in terms that are hugely cultural. The cultural significance of this set of ideas needs reducing in the NHS, not promoting.

Good to see lots of doctors commenting on that article, and pushing back against the capture of unions by extremists. The same goes for the main teaching unions, especially the NEU.

Yet the BBC News, last night, chose to highlight the BMA's comments in their reporting; as if the BMA was the sole voice of the medical profession. It left the impression that doctors wanted to continue to precribe puberty blockers.

Thanks all for the interesting links to add to the NHS England document.

It's striking that it's so rare to hear an explanation of the BMA's role in news reports so I'm not surprised that people assume it has regulatory powers.

Yes it so often gets reported in the news 'the BMA says this'

Nobody gives the same value to 'Unison says this' but it's the same thing.

If the BMA were talking about terms and conditions that's different. But pontificating about trans or banning boxing they are not as important as they make out.