NEW NHS CHILDREN’S GENDER CLINIC HIT BY DISAGREEMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS Resignations are apparently due to the lack of clear consensus
A string of resignations from a team preparing for the launch of the new NHS children’s gender clinic has further complicated plans to open the services in April.
Disagreements over the text of a training module for medical recruits to the new gender service have prompted NHS England to remove the training materials project from a team at Great Ormond Street Hospital and outsource it to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
Great Ormond Street last year recruited a small team, including paediatricians and child psychologists, to write training guidance for new medical staff who will work in NHS England’s reshaped gender services for children and young people.
But at least four members of the team resigned late last year after disagreements over how children with gender dysphoria should be treated, according to sources close to the process.
NHS children’s trans clinic had been accused of peddling unscientific ‘fiction’ to patients in waiting room. Sources close to the discussions said there was “no consensus” within the team and that their work was incomplete when members resigned.