Doctor put transgender child patients at ‘risk of harm’, tribunal finds
A doctor who ran an online clinic for transgender children put patients at “unwarranted risk of harm” by failing to provide follow-up care, a medical tribunal has found.
Independent.ieTeenage girls hide distress and ‘unhealthy perfectionism’ from family and teachers
The mental health of teenage girls is “at a precipice”, an education consultancy has warned after finding that eight in ten girls hide distress from their famil
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Children’s Minister seeks to ban conversion therapy after meeting with Sinn Féin and cross party coalition group
Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman is seeking to ban conversion therapy after meeting with Sinn Féin and a cross party coalition group.
Independent.ieRise in fraud, drug crime and assaults on teenage girls during pandemic, CSO figures show
Fraud offences, drug crime and assaults on teenage girls have increased during the pandemic, while most other crimes have decreased.
Independent.ieIrish College of GPs no longer claims puberty blockers and hormonal sex changes are reversible
Are puberty blockers reversible? | Newstalk
Dr. Donal O’Shea, consultant endocrinologist at St. Vincent’s hospital, joins Sean Moncrieff....
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Irish College of GPs reverses stance on puberty blockers
The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) has removed a statement from a guide on transgender health that puberty blockers are a “reversible intervention”. The drugs are used to delay puberty
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