Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at NHS England gender identity clinics in a new “blow” to gender-affirming healthcare.

Puberty blockers are a type of medicine that prevent puberty from starting by blocking the hormones – like testosterone and oestrogen – that lead to puberty-related changes in the body. In the case of trans youth, this can delay unwanted physical changes like menstruation, breast growth, voice changes or facial hair growth.

On Tuesday (12 March), NHS England confirmed the medicine, which has been described as “life-saving” medical care for trans youth, will only be available to young people as part of clinical research trials.

The government described the move as a “landmark decision”, Sky News reported. It believed such a move is in the “best interests of the child”.

  • Solivine@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    527·
    8 months ago

    Transition surgeries have among the lowest regret rates for any kind of surgery. They are life saving.

      • DesertCreosote@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        On the off chance that you’re actually asking, there have been studies that have shown the regret rate for transitioning is less than 1%.

        Here’s an article about a recent study which tracked people up to 23 years post-transition, showing median regret as 0 out of 100.

        Now, you might be thinking to yourself “but that’s just one study, with around 200 participants, and the results were so uniform it caused issues with the statistics. Maybe it’s wrong.” Well, here is a meta-analysis of 27 additional studies, with almost 8,000 participants, which also shows regret rates are <1%.

        Hope that helps.

      • Solivine@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        31·
        8 months ago

        Please read the other comment below that details the regret rate for transition related surgeries. Unfortunately my browser is unable to translate that article, but one bad case doesn’t not outweight the many, many good ones.