Trans healthcare: expansion or alibi for cuts?
The interim recommendations of the Cass review have been published. This was a review commissioned by NHS England to look at how the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) can be improved. The service is for under 18s and is currently managed by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. On the face of it there is much to be welcomed. The main recommendations are that the service needs to be expanded, that there should be more research so treatments are more evidence-based, and that the service should be more holistic — looking at the many needs of the children, not just their gender...