Peer demands closure of puberty blockers for kids loophole
Peer demands closure of puberty blockers for kids loophole
27 Jan 2021
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The Health Secretary must close a loophole that allows puberty blocking drugs to be prescribed to children, a Peer has said.
In a letter to Matt Hancock MP, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne expressed concern that such drugs can still be dispensed to people in the UK, if the prescription was written by a doctor in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.
In particular, she highlighted the ongoing activities of GenderGP, an unlicensed gender clinic that continues to bypass regulatory safeguards and offer puberty blockers to children through its website, despite its owner being suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC).