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Puberty Suppressing Hormones

Commons · Question 88 · Tabled 17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that those proscribed puberty blockers for the treatment of gender incongruence will continue to receive them.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 29 Jul 2024

The emergency banning order limiting the sale or supply of puberty blockers against private or non-United Kingdom prescriptions allows a child under 18 years old, who was already on a course of treatment with Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues befo...