Completed - and linked below - Independent Patient Safety Investigation into prescribing practices at WellBN GP practice in Brighton and Hove

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https://www.surreysussex.icb.nhs.uk/ipsi-wellbn-general-practice-brighton/

The exec summary alone is damning.

"Care at the Practice for the 78 children and young people fell substantially below that set out in service specifications and national clinical policy. Puberty blockers and gender enhancing medications were prescribed without a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment (in 22 cases without even face-to-face appointments having taken place) without essential baseline and ongoing investigations and in 75 cases without referrals to 3 paediatric endocrinologists."

Thank you! Had no idea about this.

Oh. Well thats not unverified in the slightest

& it's not much of a secret that Dr A is Dr Sam Hall.

This is rubbish too "based on information from an anonymous report". It's not an anonymous report it's the results following an investigation led by NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board with support from NHS England,

The GLP even name her https://goodlawproject.org/christian-right-targets-brighton-gp-treating-young-trans-people/

It's clear from the website that they have reported Dr Sam Hall & other doctors to the GMC.

A number of former and current clinicians at the WellBN Practice have been referred for the purpose of further professional investigation, both through their relevant independent professional regulator (the General Medical Council for medical professionals and the General Pharmaceutical Council for pharmacists) and / or through the NHS Professional Standards mechanism.

The investigation report has also been shared with CQC, who have suspended the WellBN Practice’s CQC rating while their own assessment of the provider is underway.

https://www.surreysussex.icb.nhs.uk/ipsi-wellbn-general-practice-brighton

Thanks for the link.

I agree that this should be criminal.

Unfortunately a finding that care "fell substantially below" accepted standards is not the same thing as proving a criminal offence.

In England and Wales, criminal liability generally requires proof beyond reasonable doubt. Civil liability (such as medical negligence) only requires proof on the balance of probabilities, that something was more likely than not.
That difference matters enormously.

The report's findings may be highly relevant to GMC proceedings, NHS contractual action, CQC enforcement, and civil negligence claims. None of those require the same standard of proof as a criminal prosecution.

For a criminal case, prosecutors would need to prove not just poor practice but the elements of a specific offence.

If a patient had died and the death could be linked to the prescribing practices, prosecutors might examine gross negligence manslaughter. The threshold is extremely high: negligence must be so serious as to be truly "gross".

If there were evidence that clinicians knowingly ignored obvious risks or consciously disregarded their duties, prosecutors might consider offences of wilful neglect. Mere incompetence, poor judgment, or substandard practice is not enough.

https://www.transgendertrend.com/wellbn-clinic-brighton-gender-affirming-care/

Shame this has dropped off the news cycle so quickly the details are monstrous

A couple of days ago:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c932y3q09qro

Another:

www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/06/11/hove-gp-put-kids-at-harm-by-prescribing-hormones-without-proper-assessment-or-monitoring-damning-report-finds/

This is a good article and published in a local paper, so it might have more impact on the people living in B&H. All the comments are expressing outrage, none in support of the clinic (SSSiS's even gets a oblique mention).

Was this not the practice Dr Harrop moved to?

I’ve noticed GLP’s tendency to talk about organisations who ‘oppose trans rights and abortion’. Perhaps we should start referring to ‘sex realist organisations who support sex based rights and oppose abortion’!

He moved to Canada.

There is an interview with A WellBN mum on the latest Whats the Trans podcast, Episode 159 at just over an hour in. I found the story of the true believer mum and her child incredibly sad and it does highlight what an impossible task it will be trying to help these families.

The timeline as I understand it from the interview.

Mum realised her son was trans at between 18 and 24 months old.

This child was absolutely one of the children that would kill themselves if they didn't get the necessary treatment.

It is not clear when he was socially transitioned but he had an awful time in and out of school due to 'transphobia' and 'hate crime' and never completed a full year.

The mother did what she had to do to save her child, including remortgaging her house for £40K, by taking them to GenderGP when the child was around 10.

They were put on PB's and then CSH a year or so later.

Around spring 2024 when access to PBs was getting difficult she briefly went with Anne Health.

She transferred to WellBN later in 2024 and Dr Sam Hall took over the prescribing of PB's and CSHs. Treatment that was life saving and the child briefly thrived.

In Spring 2025 the stress caused by the investigation of WellBN resulted in the child developing Anorexia.

The child is currently still getting PB's and CSHs but has dropped out of school and has spent the last 15 months in their bedroom becoming emaciated. The child has recently gained weight but scans have confirmed osteoporosis and they are now unable to weight-bear.

The child is still 16 months away from their 18th birthday and the mother doesn't know how her child will survive. She wonders if she will soon be arranging a party or a funeral.

Thanks for that excellent precis. The podcast is available on YouTube so you can skim read through the automated transcript rather than having to listen in real time. The WellBN segment starts at 55'51" It's chilling to hear the mother who transed her son.

@Thingybob, dear gods, how is that not out-and-out abuse? Transed before they could speak in full sentences.

I am out of words.

Yes I think 99% of people would share that view however the mother is a true believer in what she has done/is doing and has in turn has made her child a true believer.

As Helen Joyce said these people will never be able to change their minds.

A parent’s only real job is to provide the conditions, as best they’re able, to allow their child(ren) to thrive.

How on earth can this mother look at her school-refusing, emaciated, needlessly-crippled teen and think.. “yep, I’ve done a good job at setting them up for a successful life.”

It’s almost Munchausen’s by proxy. Where were the medical professionals (the actual professionals, not the quacks that prescribed the PBs and hormones)? What on earth did his teachers think? Where were social services? Or the poor bugger’s wider family / Dad / Grandparents? They should all be VERY proud of themselves too.

SHE shouldn’t be left with the care of a hamster, much less her damaged offspring. 😒