NHS trust wins right of appeal over referrals for puberty-blocking drugs for under-16s who want gender reassignment
An NHS trust has been allowed to appeal against a high court decision that barred it from referring under-16s for puberty-blocking treatment.
The court ruled that children considering gender reassignment were unlikely to be able to give informed consent. Now the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust, which runs the UK’s main gender identity development service for children, has been granted permission to appeal, alongside University College Hospitals NHS foundation trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust.
