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[–]assignedcopatbirth 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They knew in 2005 they had no medical basis to keep pushing puberty blockers on mentally ill teenagers, but they kept going. Fifteen years! A whole generation of kids damaged. Jesus Christ.

[–]GConly 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

An internal review conducted in 2005, obtained by BBC Newsnight, says some clinicians felt pressured to refer patients for the treatment too quickly.

Staff at the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) raised serious safeguarding issues last year.

The Trust which runs the clinic said the report was "no longer relevant".

Yeah right.

[–]worried19 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It doesn't sound like there was any follow up on those original patients. Would be interesting to see if any of them are willing to speak out as adults.