NHS England has reportedly “caved to the pressure” of trans activists to remove treatment age limits.
The national health service is now treating nursery-age children who identify as transgender after ditching their minimum age limit of seven years old.
Nursery-age toddlers can now receive treatment through the health service’s specialist gender clinics, despite the NHS having previously claimed that children under seven were “just too young” to be considered to have gender dysphoria.
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New data shows that up to 10 children of nursery age are being treated, while as many as 157 children aged nine or younger have been referred to the clinics.
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MSN reports: The health service was set to introduce a minimum age of seven for children to be seen by specialist gender clinics, which was removed after the proposals were put out to consultation.
A source close to the consultation process told The Telegraph that the soon-to-be-abolished NHS England had “caved to the pressure” of trans activists to remove the age limits.
New guidance now shows that children of any age are eligible for these services, with as many as 157 children aged nine or younger having been referred to them.
The children are not given puberty blockers or other powerful drugs at these clinics, and instead receive counselling and therapy along with their families.
The NHS previously said that young children showing interest in clothes or toys typical of the opposite sex was “reasonably common behaviour” and “usually not indicative of gender incongruence.”
Helen Joyce, director of advocacy for Sex Matters, said: “Research shows that pre-adolescent children who feel confused or distressed by the fact of their sex will usually grow out of this stage if they’re sensitively supported, but not when they’re encouraged to believe the unscientific notion that everyone has a ‘gender identity’ that may differ from their sex.
“The question for the new NHS hubs is whether they perpetuate the failed ‘affirmation’ model of the now-closed GIDS clinic, in which case parents should keep their children well away, or whether they offer genuinely holistic care based on evidence, not ideology.
“If the treatment does more harm than good, the length of the waiting list is irrelevant.”
But Stephanie Davies-Arai, director of Transgender Trend, retorted: “Although it seems unbelievable that children under five are being referred to the new gender hubs, it was a recommendation of the Cass review that children are seen as early as possible.