Reform of child gender services ‘under threat’ says former Health Secretary – BBC Newsnight

The announcement last year of the closure of NHS England’s only gender clinic for young people has caused a period of uncertainty for many young people seeking help.

The Gender Identity Development Service – known as gids – at London’s Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is due to close this year after a report last year highlighted concerns about aspects of its approach to care and its capacity to cope with ever-growing demand.

In its place will be two new centres in London and the north west of England, where treatment is expected to be shaped to reflect issues raised by the review. But Newsnight has learned of concerns after the appointment of some senior members of staff from gids to key roles in training a new cohort of professionals to work in these new services.

Today the former health secretary Sajid Javid said he feared the reform of children’s gender services was now ‘under threat’. Newsnight’s investigations producer Hannah Barnes, who’s been reporting for several years on gender services, has this report.

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