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Hilary Cass: Ideology on all sides directed gender care of children

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NHS adult gender services in England will undergo a major review after the doctor behind a long-awaited report on children’s services said teenagers are “falling off a cliff edge” in their care when they reach 17.

The announcement came as the Cass Review’s final report said children have been let down by a lack of research and evidence on medical interventions in gender care, in a debate which it said has become exceptionally toxic.

Welcoming the review, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “The wellbeing and health of children must come first.”

Among the 32 recommendations in the near-400 page report, the independent review of gender identity services for children and young people said a “follow-through

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