Gender Recognition: Health Services
(asked on 7th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of referrals for the Gender Identity Development Service; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 22nd December 2020
Since 2013 there has been a 500% increase in the number of young people referred to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS).
Dr Hilary Cass has been commissioned to carry out a review of the service, exploring how and when young people are referred to the GIDS. This review is expected to report in autumn 2021.