Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 92

Puberty Suppressing Hormones

Tabled: 17 July 2024

Answered: 29 July 2024

Question

Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with (a) young trans young people and (b) their families to discuss the prescription of puberty blockers for the treatment of gender incongruence.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The emergency banning order limiting the sale or supply of puberty blockers against private or non-United Kingdom prescriptions allows a child under 18 years old, who was already on a course of treatment with Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues befo...

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