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Puberty Suppressing Hormones

Lords · Question HL3803 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Cashman

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish in full the evidence behind their decision of 11 December 2024 to ban puberty blockers for patients over the age of 18 for the treatment of gender incongruence or gender dysphoria under the care

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 16 Jan 2025

On 1 January 2025, indefinite restrictions preventing new patients aged under 18 years old from being supplied with puberty blockers for the purposes of gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria, under the care of private or non-United Kingdom prescribe...