Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21512

Hormone Treatments: Children

Tabled: 19 December 2024

Answered: 8 January 2025

Question

James Naish

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues are permitted for treatment of precocious puberty but not gender incongruence.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues, puberty suppressing hormones, have been licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the treatment of precocious puberty and certain types of cancer. In granting a licence for th...

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