UK government makes ban on puberty blockers ‘indefinite’

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The Department of Health & Social Care has confirmed today that the ’emergency ban’ on prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s living with gender dysphoria will remain in place indefinitely.

The original ban was introduced in May of this year as one of the final acts made by the then-ruling Conservative Party before the dissolution of UK Parliament.

Citing advice published by the Commission on Human Medicines that there was “currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children,” legislation will be updated today to make the order indefinite and will be reviewed in 2027.

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“Children’s healthcare must always be evidence-led,” said Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting.

“The independent expert Commission on Human Medicines

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