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Also unclear why having experts from the old centre involved with the new service is such a problem. Surely they're experts? How very Tory to sideline experts whose advice they don't like.

And then there were the parents of a child who (checks notes) had been on the Gids waiting list for 18 months and nothing much had happened. Sounded like they wanted a doctor to tell their child to pull themselves together, rather than taking their thoughts and feelings seriously.



This was another bizarre segment from this morning's Today Programme. It ended up sounding like an absolute nothingburger, with people trying to make out that it's a bad thing if clinicians have a preference for an 'affirming' approach over, apparently, assuming gender dysphoria is just a symptom of mental illness.

BBC News - Child gender clinic reform 'under threat', says Sajid Javid
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65245498



BBC NewsChild gender clinic reform 'under threat', says Sajid JavidA staff member from a failing clinic has a key role in England and Wales' new services, BBC Newsnight learns.