Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
First Do No Harm Critical perspectives on sex and gender in healthcare With over 150 attendees, and hundreds from across the world joining the livestream, #FirstDoNoHarm was a resounding success. The sold-out event platformed and hosted clinicians and patients from around the UK, Europe and the US. In the media THE BMJ I The Telegraph […]
This is a brief overview of some of CAN-SG’s activities in 2023 The group has grown to over 100 healthcare professionals with members across many specialities including medicine, nursing, psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy, general practice, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, radiology and radiography, midwifery and surgery. Hundreds of people have signed our Declaration and […]
A recent documentary aired by Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ brought to light concerns raised by leading doctors of Ireland’s Adult National Gender Service (NGS) regarding the treatment of Irish children with gender dysphoria. Their concerns have largely been ignored. Dr Moran and Prof O’Shea have lodged a formal complaint against the HSE with the health standards watchdog in Ireland(HIQA) alleging that the HSE have directed children from Ireland to gender clinics abroad which adhere to a model of care which can harm children, an allegation which the HSE firmly denies.
Clinical Advisory Network On Sex & Gender welcomes you to the first in our series of interactive webinars. These webinars will begin to cover the scope of our concerns and our work in the field of sex and gender in health care. Louise Irvine GP and Co-chair of Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender. […]
CAN-SG welcome this important intervention by Dr Hilary Cass and support her recommendations that gender questioning young people need a comprehensive patient and family centred service, run by experienced providers of tertiary paediatric care to ensure a focus on child health and development with strong links to mental health services. We support her view that the […]
Informed consent is the bedrock of medical practice and indicates the explicit permission a patient gives for a specified medical intervention. Consent can only be granted following discussions about the anticipated consequences of the proposed treatment, potential risks and benefits, and the outcomes of alternative treatments including no treatment. The courts regard notions of consent […]