CYP Now - Gender identity services: review lead calls for regional support centres

Children and young people with gender dysphoria should be treated at specialist regional centres to better meet their needs and reduce long waiting times, an independent review has suggested.

The Gender Identity Development Service is based at London's Tavistock Centre. Image: Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust

Dr Hilary Cass, who was appointed to carry out a review of gender dysphoria services in England following criticism of the national provider, outlines in her interim report that a “fundamentally different” model of care is needed for young people experiencing issues around their gender.

This would be more in line with other paediatric provision to provide “timely and appropriate” care for these children and young people, including support for any other clinical presentations they might have, the report states.

Currently, the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), based at the Tavistock Centre in London, is the only specialist clinic offering gender identity services for children and young people in England and Wales. It also runs a centre in Leeds.

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