And this is the commissioning letter from the NHS to Cass. They are going have a look at the cross sex hormones in the same way that they looked at puberty blockers.
"NHS England will review the use of gender affirming hormones through a process of updated evidence review and public consultation, similar to the rigorous process that was followed to review the use of puberty suppressing hormones. In the meantime, you have made clear that the new providers should be ‘extremely cautious’ when considering whether to refer young people under 18 years for consideration of hormone intervention. In order to support the providers in following your advice we have established a national multi-disciplinary team (MDT) that will review and need to agree all recommendations for hormone intervention, and we are pleased to confirm that Professor Judith Ellis has agreed to chair this MDT on an interim basis while a permanent chair is appointed. The first meeting of this new national MDT will take place later this month.
NHS England has already announced that it is bringing forward its review of the adult service specifications, and we have written to the Chief Executives of the organisations that host the GDCs to inform them that this will be undertaken in the context of a broader, systemic review of the operation and delivery of the GDCs. NHS England will provide more detail very soon, but we envisage it will be informed by the deployment of external quality improvement experts into the services. In view of your advice about the need for caution in the initiation of medical interventions for young people under 18 years of age, our letter instructs the adult gender clinics to implement a pause on offering first appointments to young people below their 18th birthday. This letter also makes clear that NHS England expects full cooperation from the GDCs in the delivery of the data linkage study, on which we have corresponded separately."
I really hope all those doctors who ruined the lives of hundreds of children end up in prison. They need to answer for their crimes.
Thanks for the link to the newly discovered frescoes! How exciting. And my husband says women always approach him when he’s out with our dogs (at least when they were puppies and not so terrifying) so I’m laughing to myself imagining Paris employing the same strategy.
Your kitchen looks so cozy and quintessentially British with the weathered wooden table, terra cotta floor, and kitty on the table. Bad Paddy to jump the gate! Your Hercules looks just like my Koko (named for Koko Taylor, the blues singer). Have a marvelous weekend!
I thought you'd like the frescoes. They are just so cool. It is great that they are still discovering things in Pompeii as everyone feared all the really good frescoes had been discovered a long time ago...
We put the terra cotta tiles awhile ago (1999) -- they are supposed to be just like the ones found in Pompeii... Thank you thinking the kitchen looks cosy. And it was a v bad Paddy to do that. Luckily the lane behind house is v quiet. I love black cats -- so much personality. Koko sounds like a darling.
Two Northumberland Calling's in one week. Such a treat! I read all the articles about the Cass Report (which I'm still reading) with great interest. The one by Julie Bindel was especially strong. The article on Pompeii was fascinating as well.
SO glad to hear the writing is going, albeit slowly. I hope the Art Facts Sheet came out well. And glad You caught up with Paddy quickly.
TY, as always, Michelle. Wishing You continued luck on the writing.
What is unbelievable is some are doubling down and trying to trash the Cass Report but NHS England appears to have taken the report on board. I suppose there will always be some...partly because they can't admit what happened. Those children were hugely vulnerable and they deserved properly evidenced care.
It will be interesting to see what the reviews into cross sex hormones and the adult clinics uncover. HOpefully now the schools and the education system will work to decouple from the ideology but this may take awhile.
Also, a friend says that often the person who commissioned the art work or his wife would be used as the model for the art. So “Helen” could be the lady of the house. Don’t know how true that is, but it’s an interesting thought.
I am enjoying the BBC programme on the new discoveries -- it is a 3 parter and absolutely fascinating. Also there are some real niche jobs around-- the world expert on Roman bread ovens or a volcanologist who specializes in ancient eruptions.
Data can reflect the biases of the researchers and often does. Unbiased, pure research often surprises because it reveals truth and truth isn’t always popular. Like when we’re told we must assist a child who (momentarily) pines to be the opposite sex.
Kids are moody. I was. I worshipped Sartre and mooned around with melancholy and the assurance no one really understood my angst—which honestly wasn’t angst at all. It was hormones and becoming an adult. We need to stop telling kids they get to choose their gender. They can’t. But they can choose whom they love and that’s perfectly fine.
Great job, as always, Michelle. Hercules probably enjoyed the side trip to Pompeii. It’s hard to know with a cat.
And this is the commissioning letter from the NHS to Cass. They are going have a look at the cross sex hormones in the same way that they looked at puberty blockers.
"NHS England will review the use of gender affirming hormones through a process of updated evidence review and public consultation, similar to the rigorous process that was followed to review the use of puberty suppressing hormones. In the meantime, you have made clear that the new providers should be ‘extremely cautious’ when considering whether to refer young people under 18 years for consideration of hormone intervention. In order to support the providers in following your advice we have established a national multi-disciplinary team (MDT) that will review and need to agree all recommendations for hormone intervention, and we are pleased to confirm that Professor Judith Ellis has agreed to chair this MDT on an interim basis while a permanent chair is appointed. The first meeting of this new national MDT will take place later this month.
NHS England has already announced that it is bringing forward its review of the adult service specifications, and we have written to the Chief Executives of the organisations that host the GDCs to inform them that this will be undertaken in the context of a broader, systemic review of the operation and delivery of the GDCs. NHS England will provide more detail very soon, but we envisage it will be informed by the deployment of external quality improvement experts into the services. In view of your advice about the need for caution in the initiation of medical interventions for young people under 18 years of age, our letter instructs the adult gender clinics to implement a pause on offering first appointments to young people below their 18th birthday. This letter also makes clear that NHS England expects full cooperation from the GDCs in the delivery of the data linkage study, on which we have corresponded separately."
https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/gender-dysphoria-clinical-programme/implementing-advice-from-the-cass-review/
TY, as always.
I really hope all those doctors who ruined the lives of hundreds of children end up in prison. They need to answer for their crimes.
Thanks for the link to the newly discovered frescoes! How exciting. And my husband says women always approach him when he’s out with our dogs (at least when they were puppies and not so terrifying) so I’m laughing to myself imagining Paris employing the same strategy.
Your kitchen looks so cozy and quintessentially British with the weathered wooden table, terra cotta floor, and kitty on the table. Bad Paddy to jump the gate! Your Hercules looks just like my Koko (named for Koko Taylor, the blues singer). Have a marvelous weekend!
I thought you'd like the frescoes. They are just so cool. It is great that they are still discovering things in Pompeii as everyone feared all the really good frescoes had been discovered a long time ago...
We put the terra cotta tiles awhile ago (1999) -- they are supposed to be just like the ones found in Pompeii... Thank you thinking the kitchen looks cosy. And it was a v bad Paddy to do that. Luckily the lane behind house is v quiet. I love black cats -- so much personality. Koko sounds like a darling.
Hello Northumberland!
Two Northumberland Calling's in one week. Such a treat! I read all the articles about the Cass Report (which I'm still reading) with great interest. The one by Julie Bindel was especially strong. The article on Pompeii was fascinating as well.
SO glad to hear the writing is going, albeit slowly. I hope the Art Facts Sheet came out well. And glad You caught up with Paddy quickly.
TY, as always, Michelle. Wishing You continued luck on the writing.
The Cass Report is fascinating.
I thought the BMJ's article was v good. It is a great pity that the medical establishment did not notice paucity in research sooner.
It is so great that Pompeii is continuing to yield treasures.
Yes, The BMJ's article was v good. And You are so right, about both the medical establishment and Pompeii.
What is unbelievable is some are doubling down and trying to trash the Cass Report but NHS England appears to have taken the report on board. I suppose there will always be some...partly because they can't admit what happened. Those children were hugely vulnerable and they deserved properly evidenced care.
It will be interesting to see what the reviews into cross sex hormones and the adult clinics uncover. HOpefully now the schools and the education system will work to decouple from the ideology but this may take awhile.
You're right. And, yes, probably take a while, but hopefully in the end...
Also, a friend says that often the person who commissioned the art work or his wife would be used as the model for the art. So “Helen” could be the lady of the house. Don’t know how true that is, but it’s an interesting thought.
Possibly or the mistress...
There is a world of possibility.
I am enjoying the BBC programme on the new discoveries -- it is a 3 parter and absolutely fascinating. Also there are some real niche jobs around-- the world expert on Roman bread ovens or a volcanologist who specializes in ancient eruptions.
Data can reflect the biases of the researchers and often does. Unbiased, pure research often surprises because it reveals truth and truth isn’t always popular. Like when we’re told we must assist a child who (momentarily) pines to be the opposite sex.
Kids are moody. I was. I worshipped Sartre and mooned around with melancholy and the assurance no one really understood my angst—which honestly wasn’t angst at all. It was hormones and becoming an adult. We need to stop telling kids they get to choose their gender. They can’t. But they can choose whom they love and that’s perfectly fine.
Great job, as always, Michelle. Hercules probably enjoyed the side trip to Pompeii. It’s hard to know with a cat.