Consultation on ‘Interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people’

Following the announcement earlier this year that the GIDS (Gender Identity Development Service) clinic, located at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, is to be closed in spring 2023, NHS England is consulting stakeholders and the public around its plans for interim service provision for the children and young people affected.

CMF has submitted a detailed response on the full consultation document

For further information:

Steven Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) 020 7234 9668

Media Enquiries:

Alistair Thompson on 07970 162 225

About CMF:

Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) was founded in 1949 and is an interdenominational organisation with over 5,000 doctors, 900medical and nursing students and 300 nurses and midwives as members in all branches of medicine, nursing and midwifery. A registered charity, it is linked to over 100 similar bodies in other countries throughout the world.

CMF exists to unite Christian healthcare professionals to pursue the highest ethical standards in Christian and professional life and to increase faith in Christ and acceptance of his ethical teaching.