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"Puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria will be banned
indefinitely across the UK except for use in clinical trials, Labour has
announced.
Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said that after receiving advice from
medical experts, he would make existing emergency measures banning the sale and
supply of puberty blockers indefinite.
The Department of Health and Social Care said the Commission on Human Medicines
(CHM) had published independent expert advice that there was “currently an
unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to
children”.
Streeting said the commission had recommended indefinite restrictions while
work is done to ensure the safety of children and young people.
The NHS announced in March that children would no longer be prescribed puberty
blockers at gender identity clinics, with the then Conservative government
saying this would help ensure care was based on evidence and was in the “best
interests of the child”.
In May, that government introduced a ban on puberty blockers through emergency
legislation, preventing the prescription of the medication from European or
private prescribers and restricting NHS provision to within clinical trials.
A challenge to that ruling, brought by campaigners who said they were concerned
for the safety and welfare of young trans people in the UK, failed in July when
the high court ruled that the ban was lawful."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
