Should politics stay out of medicine? In a damning 388-page report, paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass argues that gender services are “letting down” young people and failing to meet the standards of other NHS care.
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Paediatrician - A doctor who works with children.
Hormones - Chemicals created inside living creatures. They are used to send messages from one part of the body to another.
Gender dysphoria - Feelings of discomfort or stress a person feels due to a mismatch between their gender identity and their sex assigned at birth.
Testosterone - The hormone that causes people to develop male sexual characteristics. Women also produce some testosterone.
Oestrogen - Female sex hormones. After the menopause, these can increase the risk of cancer.
Backlogs - Plural of backlog, meaning an accumulation of unfinished work.
Vitriolic - Filled with criticism or malice.
Polarising - To cause people to divide into two opposing groups.