NHS and Cass Review Accused of Covering Up Trans Youth Suicides
The NHS and Hilary Cass were aware of rising deaths after withdrawal of puberty blockers but pushed ahead with further restrictions on gender-affirming care
New evidence has come to light of the tragic impact of restrictions on gender-affirming care for under-16-year-olds put in place by England’s National Health Service (NHS) following the now infamous Bell v. Tavistock case in 2020.
In that case, judges decided that under-16s were unable to consent to taking puberty blockers. This resulted in NHS England immediately ceasing new referrals and prescriptions for puberty blockers for under 16s, except via a court order.
The High Court later overturned the case, but NHS England maintained the restrictions.
Now two NHS whistleblowers working with the legal non-profit Good Law Project claim those restrictions are linked to an increase in suicides of trans youth that NHS England tried to cover up.
Jo Maugham of Good Law Project details the accusations and evidence in this Twitter thread.
According to whistleblowers, there was only one suicide of a patient at England’s youth Gender Identity Service (GIDS) at the…
