NHS to conduct clinical trials to assess puberty blocker evidence, says Streeting after High Court upholds ban
THE NHS will conduct clinical trials to assess the potential benefits and harms of puberty blockers, Health Secretary Wes Streeting says.
Sir Keir Starmer welcomed Monday’s High Court ruling that an emergency ban on puberty blockers, which suppress the production of sex hormones to delay puberty, was lawful. The ban, imposed by former health secretary Victoria Atkin, had been challenged in court by the TransActual campaign and a young person who cannot be named.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters: “The government welcomes the court’s decision. Children’s healthcare must be evidence-led.
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