Kathleen Stock: Inside Britain's new trans clinics
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Since its closure was announced last July, Gids — the Gender Identity Development Service at the world-renowned Tavistock and Portman Trust — has become synonymous with mismanagement and medical scandal.
It was supposed to be a haven for young people experiencing gender-related distress. Instead, following a string of complaints by whistle-blowers, an “inadequate” rating by the Care Quality Commission, a high-profile judicial review and, finally, a damning independent review, it was deemed unsafe.
In its place, two new regional hubs were set to open, with several more centres to follow. For Gids's long-standing critics, concerned about the distress its tumult was having on children, this came as a huge relief.
The story, however, does not end here.
Kathleen Stock has spent the past month speaking to a range of clinicians, NHS professionals and parents of dysphoric children — to find out whether Gids’s new service will be an improvement.
The portrait she paints is stark: her findings suggest that the NHS gender services are yet to become a clinically safe space for children and teens, with senior figures still pushing an activist ideology. Only last week, NHS bosses internally announced that they are significantly delaying the launch of one of the hubs. And as she reveals in her investigation, it is unlikely to be the final twist in Gids’s new chapter…
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// TIMECODES //
00:00 - 01:45 - Introduction
01:45 - 06:30 - What happened to GIDS?
06:30 - 10.27 - The new Southern and Northern Hubs
10.27 - 15:30 - Affirmation vs Exploration
15:30 - 19.54 - Puberty blockers to be available only as part of a clinical trial?
19:54 - 22:42 - In danger of repeating past mistakes?
22:42 - 25:18 - What happens to the 17 year-olds?
25: 18 - 27:17 - Private clinics fill the gap
27:17 - 33.05 - Can ideology be removed from gender medicine?
33:05 - 36:47 - Whistleblowers and Parents
36:47 - 40.25 - Hope for the future
#UnHerd #KathleenStock #Transgender
Since its closure was announced last July, Gids — the Gender Identity Development Service at the world-renowned Tavistock and Portman Trust — has become synonymous with mismanagement and medical scandal.
It was supposed to be a haven for young people experiencing gender-related distress. Instead, following a string of complaints by whistle-blowers, an “inadequate” rating by the Care Quality Commission, a high-profile judicial review and, finally, a damning independent review, it was deemed unsafe.
In its place, two new regional hubs were set to open, with several more centres to follow. For Gids's long-standing critics, concerned about the distress its tumult was having on children, this came as a huge relief.
The story, however, does not end here.
Kathleen Stock has spent the past month speaking to a range of clinicians, NHS professionals and parents of dysphoric children — to find out whether Gids’s new service will be an improvement.
The portrait she paints is stark: her findings suggest that the NHS gender services are yet to become a clinically safe space for children and teens, with senior figures still pushing an activist ideology. Only last week, NHS bosses internally announced that they are significantly delaying the launch of one of the hubs. And as she reveals in her investigation, it is unlikely to be the final twist in Gids’s new chapter…
Read the accompanying article: https://unherd.com/2023/10/inside-bri...
Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page
Follow UnHerd on social media:
Twitter: Twitter: unherd
Facebook: Facebook: unherd
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TikTok: TikTok: unherdtv
// TIMECODES //
00:00 - 01:45 - Introduction
01:45 - 06:30 - What happened to GIDS?
06:30 - 10.27 - The new Southern and Northern Hubs
10.27 - 15:30 - Affirmation vs Exploration
15:30 - 19.54 - Puberty blockers to be available only as part of a clinical trial?
19:54 - 22:42 - In danger of repeating past mistakes?
22:42 - 25:18 - What happens to the 17 year-olds?
25: 18 - 27:17 - Private clinics fill the gap
27:17 - 33.05 - Can ideology be removed from gender medicine?
33:05 - 36:47 - Whistleblowers and Parents
36:47 - 40.25 - Hope for the future
#UnHerd #KathleenStock #Transgender
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