Puberty Suppressants Trial Debate
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Helen Morgan
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Puberty Suppressants Trial
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson; you have one minute.
Helen Morgan (North Shropshire) (LD)
I hope that everyone in this House can agree that medical treatment should always follow the evidence on safety and effectiveness. It is right that expert clinicians are building this evidence base and therefore right that the Government are seeking to run this trial, because it should be led by evidence and not by ideology.
Given that the numbers on the trial will be very small and the waiting list for talking therapies, which are so important for children and their parents, is very long, with hundreds of thousands waiting, can the Secretary of State explain how he will increase access to NHS talking therapies so people can get the help they need and deserve? In a field with so little research, will he confirm if the pathways trial will look at international best practice in order to take learnings from abroad?