The final report of the Cass Review, an independent analysis of pediatric gender care conducted by pediatrician Hilary Cass and commissioned by England's National Health Service (NHS), has been published after four years of research. The report concludes that the evidence supporting the use of puberty blockers and other gender transition treatments for children is remarkably weak, suggesting that such treatments have been built on shaky foundations and that children who wish to change gender may have underlying mental health issues. It criticizes the routine use of puberty blockers, citing a lack of good evidence for their effectiveness and concerns about permanent, irreversible damage. The review also highlights that the debate on the issue is 'toxic' and that extreme caution is needed in future treatments. Following the report's publication, the NHS in England started restricting gender treatments for children this month, making it the fifth European country to do so, after Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The Cass Review is being described as a watershed moment for the NHS's gender identity services, with calls for a major overhaul of the approach to treating transgender kids and a move towards more evidence-based practices.
Publication of the Cass Review’s final report on gender care for children on the NHS has been hailed as a “watershed moment” by a charity leader https://t.co/XKNuDao3Jp
All transgender treatment is to be reviewed by the NHS in England after a landmark report concluded the evidence, for allowing children and young people to change gender was "built on shaky foundations". Dr Hilary Cass says extreme care should be taken before anyone under the… https://t.co/5kSbW2brnX
‘No good evidence’ for gender care for youth over long-term, review finds https://t.co/H55RYO65aJ
It’s over for the gender zealots. The Cass review has shredded their pseudoscientific arguments and exposed the damage they have done to children. Even the Guardian - that bastion of progressive causes - recognises it. https://t.co/nTXOEp9Mtw
Yesterday the final report of the Cass Review was published. The Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (The Cass Review) was commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement in Autumn 2020 to make recommendations about the services provided… https://t.co/LuCmm4dZnN
Medical evidence underlying gender care for adolescents is ‘remarkably weak’ and provides little clarity on long-term outcomes, according to an in-depth review of care commissioned by England’s state-funded National Health Service https://t.co/6fKw8GP8vV
England is the latest European country to stop prescribing puberty blockers to trans-identifying children, after many physicians found that it did not help alleviate gender dysphoria in kids. Meanwhile, American physicians are rolling ahead with these discredited drugs. There… https://t.co/sFGT2JP1er
Evidence around youth gender care 'remarkably weak', says major English review https://t.co/RWGrcyzNo7 https://t.co/Kr6ASiy9II
England started restricting gender care for children this month. It is the fifth European country — following Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark — to limit hormone treatments for adolescents. https://t.co/vXrSjgVNsR
From GPs being pressured to prescribe gender-questioning children powerful puberty-blockers to alarm over social transitioning, ALL the damning verdicts of the hugely-anticipated Cass Review https://t.co/W5S468r7O7 https://t.co/mc4YOpt2bm
Dr Hilary Cass: How world-renowned paediatrician behind damning review of NHS gender care for children is no stranger to 'toxic' debates (and loves a Snickers!) https://t.co/JW43o7GAuw https://t.co/RdVNerIRYG
How child gender care is built on 'shaky foundations': Scathing report says 'wholly inadequate' data has 'let down' kids questioning their identity and rules there's no evidence to support use of puberty blockers https://t.co/gXaudgRFAk https://t.co/0QD0BM7PtP
NHS gender treatment for children is torn apart in landmark report: Teens suffered irreversible change based on 'remarkably weak evidence', debate on the issue is 'toxic' and 'extreme caution' is needed in future, eminent doctor warns https://t.co/fUxLEKz1gz https://t.co/uH1IDbXY8x
The Cass Review must be a watershed moment for the NHS’s gender identity services. My response for @UKLabour underlining our support for the Cass Review’s evidence-led recommendations and our determination to put children’s health and wellbeing above the political fray 👇🏻 https://t.co/2wiiml8mTZ
NYT: “The National Health Service in England started restricting gender treatments for children this month, making it the fifth European country to limit the medications because of a lack of evidence of their benefits and concern about long-term harms.” https://t.co/iRQlsq7oRk
The independent Cass review on healthcare for gender questioning children has just been published. I think it's wise, kind & evidence-based. Main takeaway for me is how on earth adult ideology was allowed to trump evidence in children's healthcare. https://t.co/VgnnPdrrJm
Hilary Cass: Weak evidence letting down children in gender care https://t.co/VzyJ3tidrv
The final report of the Cass Review is out England's National Health Service commissioned this independent review, by pediatrician Hilary Cass, of the nation's just-closed pediatric gender care clinic and the research backing pediatric gender-transition treatment. Learn more🧵⬇️ https://t.co/rvRuljylN2
‘It's incredibly damning, it’s insane!’ The Cass Review confirms that gender treatment for children is built on ‘shaky foundations’, children were lied to, and evidence for puberty blockers is ‘severely lacking’. @TheSimonEvans @LeoKearse @DamienSlash https://t.co/QCu1NwJbIN
'There's no good evidence for the routine use of puberty blockers': Top experts call for sea change to treating transgender kids as studies suggest damage is permanent https://t.co/O9fzut8BXw https://t.co/fdqxbIrMha
"Children must not be rushed to change gender, report warns "Young people who believe they are transgender may have mental health problems, a major review is set to find" https://t.co/SGmIz25M7G
I have advanced copy of the final Cass Review report, the independent analysis of pediatric gender care conducted on behalf of England's NHS. The massive report, four years in the coming, drops at 7:01pm US East Coast Time today. I will tweet a summary then, so check back! https://t.co/0jKxyG7JLO
Rishi Sunak says letting kids change gender is 'not a neutral act' ahead of landmark report expected to say that children who think they are trans may have mental health issues https://t.co/Wji8HC9vB3 https://t.co/FA0qxyaWV0
Children who wish to change gender may have mental health issues, report warns https://t.co/0KLCacGWFb
Check back in on Wednesday at 12:01am UK time/Tuesday at 4:01pm PT/7:01 ET and I'll tweet for y'all a summary of the final Cass Review report, the independent analysis of pediatric gender medicine in England that has been years in the coming. https://t.co/gpWJihiVGh
https://t.co/axRi6sqkP4 Children allowed to ‘socially transition’ face grave psychological risks, review concludes An authoritative body commissioned by the UK National Health Service to study the question of child sex change reached the only conclusion that the evidence allows
🔴 EXC: Children allowed to ‘socially transition’ face psychological harm, landmark review to warn Increasing concern over schools which permit pupils to change gender without their parents’ knowledge https://t.co/H3lis59LgW
It’s official: The final report from the Cass Review, the independent review of pediatric gender-transition treatment that England’s National Health Service commissioned, will be published Wednesday at 12:01am UK time. What will you be looking for in the report? https://t.co/zBgh42ezRz