The publication of The Cass Review has led to considerable media coverage on the topic of gender dysphoria in young people. Much of the ensuing conversation has highlighted the necessity of taking a clinical approach which is firmly rooted in ethical practice when making decisions relating to treatment approaches. This webinar focuses on the recommendations made by The Cass review, with specific consideration of the ways in which clinicians should approach work with this population in the absence of a robust evidence base.

Programme

Speakers

Hannah Barnes is Associate Editor and Writer at The New Statesman. Prior to that she spent 15 years at the BBC specialising in analytical and investigative journalism on both television and radio. She has produced and reported a variety of Radio 4’s best known long-form shows and been a daily editor of the Today programme. She was later Investigations Producer for BBC Newsnight.  Her book, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children, is a Sunday Times Bestseller and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.

Ritchie Herron
As a former patient, Ritchie has been raising awareness of harms caused by gender affirmation since 2022. He is currently suing the NHS for medical negligence.

Dr Joe Brierley is Consultant Paediatric Intensive Care & Director of Paediatric Bioethics at Great Ormond St Hospital. He is Lead of the European Academy of Paediatrics Ethics Working Group.

Dr Richard Byng is a General Practitioner at Adelaide St and St Levan Practice in Plymouth and GP with a Special Interest in Mental Health in the Icebreak Service for young people. Richard is also Professor in Primary Care Research  at the University of Plymouth and leads the Community and Primary Care Research Group. His specific areas of expertise and interest include Primary Care Mental Health systems, shared care for long-term mental illness, treatment of depression and offender health care. Richard also has experience of service development, policy and teaching.

Professor Sallie Baxendale is Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at UCL and has over 30 years’ experience working in the NHS. She has over 200 academic publications in neuropsychology, including original articles, book chapters and books and has been invited to speak about her work in over 20 countries.

Dr John McGowan is Director of the Salomons Clinical Psychology Training Programme at Canterbury University. His specialist areas of interest include complex mental health care, suicide and supporting viewpoint diversity.