https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/20/children-barred-from-getting-new-trans-identity-nhs/
'Health Secretary orders doctors to stop issuing new numbers and medical records to under-18s following damning safeguarding review '
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'Transgender children will be banned from getting a new NHS record following an intervention by Wes Streeting.
The health service has been ordered to stop issuing new NHS numbers to <a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/o/krLxW/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/24/children-who-think-they-are-wrong-gender-surges-50-fold/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">under-18s who want to change their gender, following a damning independent review.
Until now, adults or children of any age have been <a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/o/krLxW/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/06/what-parent-believes-child-is-transgender/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">allowed to request a gender change on their medical record at any time.
This involves a new NHS number and medical record being issued to change the sex marker, and no distinction is made between requests from adults and those from children.
The review, conducted by Alice Sullivan at the Social Research Institute in University College London, highlighted serious concerns about this practice because it means data on biological sex can be lost, creating safeguarding and clinical care risks.
Mr Streeting, the Health Secretary, declared that “<a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/o/krLxW/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/06/child-under-5-among-thousands-nhs-gender-care/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">children’s safety must come first” as he confirmed the changes on Thursday.
He said: “It’s completely wrong that children’s NHS numbers can be changed if they change gender, and I’ve made it clear this must not happen.
“We must deliver <a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/o/krLxW/www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/12/21/wes-streeting-facing-backlash-labour-mps-puberty-blockers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">safe and holistic care for both adults and children when it comes to gender, and that also means accurately recording biological sex – not just for research and insight, but also for patient safety.'