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Tavistock whistleblower ‘had no alternative’ but to raise concerns

Source: PA Archive

A whistleblower at the Tavistock Trust said he is “pleased I didn’t turn away” when colleagues raised concerns to him several years ago about the children’s gender service which closed last month.

Dr David Bell spoke ahead of the publication of the final report into the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People.

The review, led by Dr Hilary Cass, was commissioned in 2020, two years after Dr Bell had compiled a report detailing concerns some staff had raised with him about how the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids)

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