The UK’s sole child gender clinic was ordered to close it doors yesterday following more than a decade of allegations that it rushed teenagers onto life-altering puberty blocking drugs.
It was finally brought down after a probe into claims from brave whistleblowers who had been raising concerns about practices at the trust for 17 years.
North London-based Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), part of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, has treated 9,000 children as young as 10 since