NHS Decision on Prescribing Puberty Blockers to Children

NHS England has decided to stop prescribing puberty blockers to children at gender identity clinics, making them only available for clinical research trials. This decision follows a sharp rise in referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which is closing. New clinics will open in April at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Critics have raised concerns about consent, mental health risks, and bone density development related to puberty blockers.