From Webberley's article, "I Have Done Another Attention Seeking Publicity Stunt Referred Dr Hilary Cass to the GMC"
"Yesterday, Dr Hilary Cass appeared on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. During the interview, she told the nation that most gender-questioning children “grew out of it and became gay men.” She said that children have been “misled” by social media. She described clinicians who provide gender-affirming care as “charlatans.” She called established surgical procedures “quite brutal.” She claimed that social transition can “lock” a child onto a trajectory that “may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them.”
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She referred to clinicians providing gender-affirming care as “charlatans just handing out inappropriate drugs.”
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The Endocrine Society, WPATH, and professional bodies across the world responded by reaffirming their support for gender-affirming care and noting that the review did not include the expertise of those with direct clinical experience.
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The Cass Review has had an enormous and very real impact on people’s lives. Its recommendations have been used to restrict access to healthcare for transgender children and young people in the UK. Its findings have been cited in US Supreme Court proceedings and in state-level legislation across America. Politicians, media commentators, and campaigning groups have adopted it as authoritative evidence to support the restriction of transgender rights and healthcare.
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Transgender patients are patients. Their wellbeing and their access to safe, evidence-based care deserve exactly the same regulatory protection as that afforded to any other patient group. To look away because the subject matter is politically difficult would send a deeply troubling message.
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The GMC will review my referral and decide whether to investigate. That process takes time, and I respect that. What matters is that the concerns are now formally on record, supported by evidence, and in the hands of the body responsible for upholding professional standards in medicine.
I will keep you updated as this progresses.
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