On July 28, 2022, the National Health Service in England announced that they would be temporarily closing down the country’s only youth gender clinic in order to bring in more supplies. The Tavistock Clinic has been giving gender treatments to young people since the 1990’s. Many people support this action, but at the same time many people are concerned and unsure about it. People are concerned that this closing will delay many treatments, reduce mental health support, and cause longer wait times due to the surge of young people who are seeking gender treatments.
But fear not! The NHS has come up with a solution. Tavistock Clinic doctors will be working at 2 children’s hospitals temporarily until the clinic is open again and they can resume their regular schedules. This is a relief to patients who want to have gender changing treatments. Meanwhile at the 2 children’s hospitals, they will still be performing their regular work too, which consists of treating autism, depression, and other mental health problems.
However, Dr. Hilary Cass, head of the external view of England’s youth gender identity services, noted that there are still a lot of “critically important unanswered questions”. Questions such as: When will the Tavistock Clinic reopen? What new supplies would they have? Will more transgender clinics appear soon?
British people are starting to push for more clinics like Tavistock. Dr. Angela Geopferd, director of the Gender Health Program at Children’s Minnesota Hospital, says that, “More services are needed, not less”.
For now, we will have to wait for the Tavistock Clinic to open up again for new patients as more and more youths want to seek gender treatments.
But fear not! The NHS has come up with a solution. Tavistock Clinic doctors will be working at 2 children’s hospitals temporarily until the clinic is open again and they can resume their regular schedules. This is a relief to patients who want to have gender changing treatments. Meanwhile at the 2 children’s hospitals, they will still be performing their regular work too, which consists of treating autism, depression, and other mental health problems.
However, Dr. Hilary Cass, head of the external view of England’s youth gender identity services, noted that there are still a lot of “critically important unanswered questions”. Questions such as: When will the Tavistock Clinic reopen? What new supplies would they have? Will more transgender clinics appear soon?
British people are starting to push for more clinics like Tavistock. Dr. Angela Geopferd, director of the Gender Health Program at Children’s Minnesota Hospital, says that, “More services are needed, not less”.
For now, we will have to wait for the Tavistock Clinic to open up again for new patients as more and more youths want to seek gender treatments.