Posted on 04/18/2024 2:54:21 AM PDT by RandFan
Scotland's only gender identity clinic for under 18s has paused prescribing puberty blockers to children.
The Sandyford clinic in Glasgow said new patients aged 16 or 17 would no longer receive the treatment until they were 18.
It follows a landmark review of gender services for under-18s in England.
Dr Hilary Cass's review said children had been let down by a lack of research and there was "remarkably weak" evidence on medical interventions.
NHS England confirmed it would stop prescribing puberty blockers in March.
Like other parts of the UK, Scotland has seen a rapid rise in the number of young people questioning their identity or experiencing gender dysphoria.
The only specialist service for under-18s is the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow, where people can self-refer or can be referred through their GP (Doctor)
Figures released to BBC Scotland News under a freedom of information request, showed that at the end of 2023, 1,100 patients were on the waiting list.
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1,100 people waiting list?
This is craziness on an industrial scale
With puberty blockers, nobody will see the tilt in the kilt.
Puberty blockers must be an underlying biological issues associated with the left because they never quite make it to adulthood. Maybe doctors should look into that
If it makes the girls think twice about taking up smoking or getting that tattoo I’m all for it. Puberty is a slippery slope.
I certainly wouldn’t want to be subject to it but as the experts say trust the science. It’s not like a clitorectomy.
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