Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 443

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Clinical Trials

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 29 July 2024

Question

Tim Roca

LabourMacclesfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Recommendation 6 on page 35 of the Cass Review, published in April 2024, what plans he has for the extent of a further clinical trial on puberty blockers; and what his planned tim

Answer

Karin Smyth
The expert Cass Review, which is one of the most comprehensive reviews of gender identity services for children and young people to date, states that the rationale for early puberty suppressing hormones to treat gender dysphoria is unclear and the effects...

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