Legal action has been launched against the NHS for prescribing the drugs to children.
Puberty blocker drugs are prescribed to some children who are experiencing gender dysphoria, to temporarily stop their bodies developing.as"a condition where a person experiences discomfort or distress because there's a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity".
The drugs suppress the release of the hormones oestrogen and testosterone, which start being produced in much bigger quantities during puberty.Suppressing oestrogen and testosterone slows or stops these things developing. The blockers are also used to treat conditions which cause premature puberty in much younger children.
Cross-sex hormone therapy involves taking either oestrogen or testosterone and is a treatment only available to over-16s on the NHS in England. By pausing puberty and the development of things like breasts or facial hair, someone who goes on to have cross-sex hormone therapy may avoid having more invasive surgical treatment like having their breasts removed later on.Legal action being launched against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which runs the gender identity clinic, focuses on whether children can give informed consent to treatment with puberty blockers.
NHS England says, in its clinical guidelines, that research evidence around the long-term impacts of puberty blockers is"limited and still developing".
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