NHS inquiry finds 78 children inappropriately prescribed gender medication at Brighton clinic

78 children were put at risk of irreversible physical changes from inappropriate hormone treatment; families reported estrangement, psychological distress, and one parent reported suicidal ideation from the stress.

In Brighton, England, a safety investigation has revealed that a GP clinic quietly became a gateway to irreversible medical treatment for 78 children — some as young as 11 — without the qualifications, oversight, or basic clinical safeguards such care demands. The WellBN clinic, born from genuine concern about long waiting lists, instead became a cautionary study in how good intentions, absent proper governance, can place the most vulnerable at serious risk. The findings arrive at a moment when the entire field of youth gender medicine is being reconsidered at the national level, making this l

NHS inquiry finds 78 children inappropriately prescribed gender medication at Brighton clinic

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