Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94872

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Gender Dysphoria

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence NICE has identified as the basis for its clinical assessment of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria; and whether NICE has undertaken (a) scoping and (b) evaluation exercises since 2

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not developed guidance on, or made a clinical assessment of, puberty blockers for gender dysphoria. In 2020, NICE developed two evidence summaries:Gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues f...
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