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Keira Bell outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London. The 23-year-old, who began taking puberty blockers when she was 16 before detransitioning , brought legal action against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which runs the UK s only gender identity development service for children
NHS child gender clinic that faced court over use of puberty-blockers is rated inadequate by CQC
An NHS trust which faced court for giving children puberty-blocking drugs has been rated inadequate by the UK s health regulator, after inspectors found vulnerable young people were waiting too long for treatment .
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust was told by the Care Quality Commission it needed to significantly improve its services and waiting times, after it found more than 4,600 young people on the waiting list - with some waiting more than two years for their first appointment.
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The year 2020 saw scores of murderers, rapists, terrorists and abusers put behind bars in courts across the UK.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic slowing the justice system down this year, hundreds of criminals faced justice remotely as judges delivered their verdicts via video links.
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By Ben Hunte
image captionTheo, a trans boy, tried to take his life last year while waiting for an NHS referral
The NHS gender identity service is seeking leave to appeal against a High Court ruling that restricts children under 16 from accessing puberty-blocking drugs.
The NHS service says the move harms young people with gender dysphoria.
Doctors and parents have told the BBC the ruling could put already vulnerable trans teens at risk.
And trans young people have been giving their reaction, with one calling the ruling honestly terrifying .
Gender dysphoria is when a mismatch between a person s sex assigned at birth and their gender identity causes them distress.