A retired paediatrician has described the Scottish government’s refusal to stop the routine prescription of puberty blockers to children as “a medical scandal.”
Dr Jenny Cunningham has questioned why Scotland’s health service continues offering the hormone-stopping drugs to those as young as 12 years old despite the NHS in England announcing it was stopping the practice.
The move, announced by health chiefs last week, followed a review by Dr. Hilary Cass who found that the current “affirmative” model of care for children suffering with gender related issues needs an overhaul.
That includes the roll out of drugs that stop the normal sexual development of children….