Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and GenderThis 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 […]
BREAKING Extended deadline for feedback on development of a WHO guideline on the health of trans and gender diverse people. Submissions now close 2 Feb 2024 In June 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced it was planning to develop a guideline on the health of trans and gender diverse people; a further notice on 18 December […]
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. […]
On 27 January 2023 The Guardian newspaper published the following letter by Dr David Bell, former staff governor at the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust, on its Gender Identity Development Service. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/27/gender-identity-treatment-needs-greater-caution When considering the interim report by Dr Hilary Cass on gender identity services for children and young people, your article overemphasises the […]
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 […]
The closure of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock has attracted significant public and media attention. Closure resulted from the Cass Review of children and young people’s gender services in England. The interim report recommended a new service model which acknowledges multiple routes in and out of gender dysphoria. Elevated rates of same-sex attraction, autism spectrum disorders, mental health issues, and looked […]