Letters to the Editor: Concern regarding puberty blockers

One reader says the HSE must review the recently-published Cass report on gender healthcare in the UK

The report just published by Hilary Cass on gender healthcare for children in the UK, in which Dr Cass notes that moderate voices urging caution on medical interventions including prescription of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria were silenced by the toxic nature of the ideologically driven debate.

Dr Cass has found that the effects on pubescent and pre-pubescent children of medical interventions such as puberty blockers is not evidence based and long-term effects unknown.