Link to original. Dear Editor The Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) (1), a group of UK and Ireland based clinicians calling for greater understanding of the effects of sex and gender in healthcare, welcomes Dr Hilary Cass’s interim report and recommendations (2). Serious concerns about the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) were raised by parents, staff and governors, an initial Judicial Review judgement (3), the Care Quality Commission (4) and an Employment Tribunal involving the Trust’s Lead for Child Protection (5).
Oh lordy - that was such a pleasure to read. It's like the sane adults have come back to the house and are taking stock of the damage done by the partying kids (and the creepy neighbourhood adults who are way too interested in getting them drunk).
And look at all the medical credentials of the signatories. Meanwhile, the CEO of Mermaids is a woman who used to work in IT for the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Brava and bravo to the brave signatories of this letter.
Az Hakeem once asked me to write a chapter for his next book. I believe that, like me, he had difficulty finding a publisher. I resorted to self-publish, but made it beautiful with nature photos and strategies for healing in the aftermath of a spouse's "transition." I am glad to see his name among them.
Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (iuniverse, 2022)
Magnificent. Yet so common sensical it really ought not appear outstanding at all. That it does appear so is a testament to how drunk we've been on the kool aid.
That's not of course "we" on this forum but "we" in society in general. And plenty are still pretty plastered. There's going to be some sore hangovers but sobriety is at last going to return.
Oh lordy - that was such a pleasure to read. It's like the sane adults have come back to the house and are taking stock of the damage done by the partying kids (and the creepy neighbourhood adults who are way too interested in getting them drunk).
And look at all the medical credentials of the signatories. Meanwhile, the CEO of Mermaids is a woman who used to work in IT for the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Brava and bravo to the brave signatories of this letter.
Az Hakeem once asked me to write a chapter for his next book. I believe that, like me, he had difficulty finding a publisher. I resorted to self-publish, but made it beautiful with nature photos and strategies for healing in the aftermath of a spouse's "transition." I am glad to see his name among them.
Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (iuniverse, 2022)
uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com
From the letter to BMJ on clinical standards and negligence in gender identity services :
"... patients and their parents were never in a position to give properly informed consent to uncontrolled experimental interventions".
Right here we have the violation of the first and most important tenet of the Nuremberg Code.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-code
Having to write/say this in the 21st Century is a shocking indictment of just how dumb the west has become.
"We would advise . . .the NHS Litigation Authority . . . to prepare."
Maybe that will scare them into taking notice !
Thank you Glinner.
What a great summary of where we are
Way overdue.
Magnificent. Yet so common sensical it really ought not appear outstanding at all. That it does appear so is a testament to how drunk we've been on the kool aid.
That's not of course "we" on this forum but "we" in society in general. And plenty are still pretty plastered. There's going to be some sore hangovers but sobriety is at last going to return.
Absolutely chuffed to see that one of the signatories was my previous GP.