23 March 2024
Conference Centre, 30 Euston Square, London
Welcome and Introduction


Keynote speaker: Professor Riittakerttu Kaltiala
Chief of Adolescent Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
Safe evidence based care
Professor Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford
Susan Bewley, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Women’s Health
Dr Margaret McCartney, GP and Senior Lecturer St Andrews University
Dr Anna Hutchinson, Clinical Psychologist, trainer and educator
Dr Richard Byng, GP and Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth
Safeguarding
Sonia Appleby, former Child Safeguarding Lead at Tavistock and Portman Trust
Dr Jane Martin, retired Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist and former teacher
Rachel Cashman, co-founder of PSHE Brighton
Gender affirming medicine: what’s the harm?
Talks followed by Q+A and discussion
Dr Az Hakeem, Consultant Psychiatrist: protecting young gay and lesbian people from “modern conversion therapy”
Ritchie Herron: transition and detransition from a patient’s perspective
Stella O’Malley, Psychotherapist and Director of Genspect: Beyond transition – how do we support detransitioners


Closing speech
Dr Stella Kingett, co-chair CAN-SG

Dr Stella Kingett closed the conference, thanking all those who made it a success. She expressed the hope that this conference will be the first of many opportunities to meet and discuss these issues in a new era of open professional discussion and debate.




























