Hilary Cass: Difference between revisions

In September 2020, Cass accepted an appointment to lead the independent [[Cass Review]] for the [[NHS]] into gender identity services for children and young people.<ref name=Chair/><ref name=Marsh2020>{{cite web |last1=Marsh |first1=Sarah |date=22 September 2020 |title=NHS to hold review into gender identity services for children and young people |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/22/nhs-to-hold-review-into-gender-identity-services-for-children-and-young-people |access-date=13 March 2022 |website=theguardian.com |publisher=Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413152658/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/22/nhs-to-hold-review-into-gender-identity-services-for-children-and-young-people|archive-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> The interim report of the Cass Review was published in March 2022.<ref name=Freeman2023>{{cite book |last1=Freeman |first1=Hadley |title=Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia |date=2023 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |isbn=978-1-9821-8983-9 |pages=114–118 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvi0EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 |language=en |chapter=7. Mothers and the woman problem}}</ref> It said that the rise in referrals had led to the staff being overwhelmed, and recommended the creation of a network of regional hubs to provide care and support to young people. The report noted that the clinical approach used by Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) "has not been subjected to some of the usual control measures" typically applied with new treatments, and raised concerns about the lack of data collection by GIDS.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Libby |date=10 March 2022 |title=NHS gender identity service for children can't cope with demand, review finds 10 March 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/10/nhs-gender-identity-service-for-children-cant-cope-with-demand-review-finds |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313002234/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/10/nhs-gender-identity-service-for-children-cant-cope-with-demand-review-finds |archive-date=13 March 2022 |access-date=13 March 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bannerman |first=Lucy |date=10 March 2022 |title=Tavistock gender clinic not safe for children, report finds |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tavistock-gender-clinic-not-safe-for-children-report-finds-w0ngnjnnf |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=[[The Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413153209/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tavistock-gender-clinic-not-safe-for-children-report-finds-w0ngnjnnf|archive-date=13 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=Dyer2022>{{cite journal |last1=Dyer |first1=Clare |title=NHS gender identity service to close and be replaced by regional centres |journal=BMJ |date=1 August 2022 |volume=378 |pages=o1916 |doi=10.1136/bmj.o1916 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o1916.short |language=en |issn=1756-1833}}</ref><ref name=Dyer2024>{{cite journal |last1=Dyer |first1=Clare |title=Guidelines on gender related treatment flouted standards and overlooked poor evidence, finds Cass review |journal=BMJ |date=9 April 2024 |volume=385 |pages=q820 |doi=10.1136/bmj.q820 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q820 |language=en |issn=1756-1833}}</ref> The final report was published on 10 April 2024,<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Final Report – Cass Review |url=https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/ |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=cass.independent-review.uk}}</ref>