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it was a mistake. last year she told me she should have been challenged more. the discussions were very brief and there was no real investigation into why i had gender dysphoric feelings and how i d got to that stage. i spoke briefly of depression and anxiety, but again it was kind of assumed by everyone that transitioning would alleviate that. she was treated here at the tavistock, the uk s only gender identity clinic for children. last december, the high court ruled that someone under 16 could not fully understand the implications of taking puberty blockers, so the nhs stopped prescribing them to younger people. 0verturning that, today s court of appealjudgment found the high court was not in a position to give guidance that generalised about the capability of persons of different ages, concluding that it placed patients, parents and clinicians in a difficult position and should not have been given. we re really pleased about thisjudgement.
so the nhs stopped prescribing them to younger people. overturning that, today s court of appealjudgment found the high court was not in a position to give guidance that generalised about the capability of persons of different ages , concluding that it placed patients, parents and clinicians in a difficult position and should not have been given . we re really pleased about this. the tavistock s chief executive says it means they can once again send young people worried about their gender identity for puberty blocker treatment after careful checks and discussion. at the heart of that is respecting what young people know about their own minds, their own bodies. and i think that s a really important principle. with all the clinical safeguards you need in cases of this kind, but respecting the autonomy of young people at the same time. working obviously with their parents and families.