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Improving NHS gender identity services - Hilary Cass
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hilary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics, has spent the last 3 years collating the evidence for treatment of gender questioning young people; engaging with those young people, their families and their clinicians - all with the aim of improving NHS treatment of this complex and vulnerable group.
In this interview, Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief of The BMJ, speaks in depth to Cass about her review - about evidence base for transitioning, but also about the way in which the siloing of care for young trans people has failed them.
They discuss the need to support young people in their journey - Cass is clear that the NHS should allow young people to explore their gender, but that ultimately, that may not mean medical intervention at all.
Reading list
The Cass Review - final report
The systematic review and meta-analyses published in Archives of Disease in Childhood
BMJ Opinion: Gender medicine for children and young people is built on shaky foundations
In this interview, Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief of The BMJ, speaks in depth to Cass about her review - about evidence base for transitioning, but also about the way in which the siloing of care for young trans people has failed them.
They discuss the need to support young people in their journey - Cass is clear that the NHS should allow young people to explore their gender, but that ultimately, that may not mean medical intervention at all.
Reading list
The Cass Review - final report
The systematic review and meta-analyses published in Archives of Disease in Childhood
BMJ Opinion: Gender medicine for children and young people is built on shaky foundations
Released:
Apr 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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