The cass review, as its called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians. This is a Polarising Subject for some people. So, what mightjournalism do differently in how it covers it . Hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uks gender Identity Services for the corporations newsnight programme. She went on to write a book about it. I asked her when she first started her investigation. First came across it at all in 2017. I was off on my first Maternity Leave and there was a piece in the times Byjanice Turner Which was talking about this really rapid increase in the referrals of Teenage Girls to gids the gender Identity Development service and she had spoken to two clinicians who worked at the service. It wasnt really a Big Sort Of Whistle blowy piece but they had talked to her and said what theyd seen and itjust i thought it was very interesting, but i was off and, you know, spending time with my baby. And there was also a documentary
Which was talking about this really rapid increase in the referrals of Teenage Girls to gids the Gender Identity Development service and she had spoken to two clinicians who worked at the service. It wasnt really a big sort of Whistle Blowy Piece but they had talked to her and said what theyd seen and itjust i thought it was very interesting, but i was off and, you know, spending time with my baby. And there was also a documentary that same year on Bbc Two about a Gender Clinic a childrens Gender Clinic in canada. And then, it was really a leak of a report in the autumn of 2018, going into 2019, that really got me interested in this, which was a report where ten members of staff from gids had gone to a doctor called Doctor David Bell hes an Adult Psychiatrist at the tavistock and they had relayed some very serious concerns and ijust thought, we dont often get nhs whistle blowers. To have ten from a tiny service, something must be going on
In the referrals of teenage girls to gids the gender identity development service and she had spoken to two clinicians who worked at the service. it wasn t really a big sort of whistle blowy piece but they had talked to her and said what they d seen and itjust i thought it was very interesting, but i was off and, you know, spending time with my baby. and there was also a documentary that same year on bbc two about a gender clinic a children s gender clinic in canada. and then, it was really a leak of a report in the autumn of 2018, going into 2019, that really got me interested in this, which was a report where ten members of staff from gids had gone to. ..a doctor called doctor david bell he s an adult psychiatrist at the tavistock and they had relayed some very serious concerns and ijust thought, we don t often get nhs whistle blowers. to have ten from a tiny service, something must
And she had spoken to two clinicians who worked at the service. it wasn t really a big sort of whistle blowy piece but they had talked to her and said what they d seen and itjust i thought it was very interesting, but i was off and, you know, spending time with my baby. and there was also a documentary that same year on bbc two about a gender clinic a children s gender clinic in canada. and then, it was really a leak of a report in the autumn of 2018, going into 2019, that really got me interested in this, which was a report where ten members of staff from gids had gone to a doctor called doctor david bell he s an adult psychiatrist at the tavistock and they had relayed some very serious concerns and ijust thought, we don t often get nhs whistle blowers. to have ten from a tiny service, something must be going on. so, that s what started it. so, what were you doing?