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Puberty blockers: Under-16s ‘unlikely’ to be able to give informed consent – BBC Newsnight
Children under 16 with gender dysphoria are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to undergo treatment with puberty-blocking drugs, three High Court judges have ruled. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
The case was brought against Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which said it was “disappointed” but immediately suspended such referrals for under-16s.
The NHS said it “welcomed the clarity” the ruling would bring.
One of the claimants, Keira Bell, said she was “delighted” by the judgment.
Ms Bell, 23, from Cambridge, had been referred to the Tavistock Centre, which runs the UK’s only gender-identity development service (GIDS), as a teenager and was prescribed puberty blockers aged 16.
She argued the clinic should have challenged her more over her decision to transition to a male as a teenager.
Newsnight’s Health Correspondent Deborah Cohen and her producer, Hannah Barnes, initially brought concerns over the Tavistock’s policies on child consent to the fore in a series of reports for Newsnight – they have this report on the judgment.
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In the studio, Emily Maitlis is joined by Keira Bell, who was prescribed puberty blockers aged 16, and Susie Green, CEO of Mermaids, a charity which supports transgender children and teenagers and their parents.
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Norway’s King Harald V has died at the age of 89, after he was taken to hospital last week for treatment for a rare blood condition.
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At least 17 people were killed in the latest round of Russian missile and drone attacks, officials in Ukraine have said.
The country is seeing a surge in the number of civilian casualties, as Russian strikes exploit weaknesses in Ukraine’s air defence systems.
Capital city Kyiv was targeted in the recent strikes, along with cities in the east of the country.
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Every time you order clothes, groceries or household essentials online, there’s a chance an autonomous robot helped out.
Inside warehouses across the world, fleets of autonomous robots are changing the way orders are picked, packed and dispatched. Much of this technology is being developed in China.
Tech Now’s Suranjana Tewari heads behind the scenes of Geek+, the world’s largest supplier of autonomous mobile warehouse robots.
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37 people have been killed after a huge explosion at an arms depot in Ukraine which was struck by a Russian drone. The ams storage facility was based near a residential areas on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area and a rescue operation is continuing, with fears that the death toll will rise.
Shells, mines and drones stored at the facility exploded in a massive blast that destroyed nearby homes nearby, including a care home for the elderly and disabled.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky strongly criticised the location of the depot near people’s homes, saying an investigation had been launched into “terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosive right next to people”.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that its forces had targeted “an ammunition depot”.
Ben Brown presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dan Johnson in Kyiv.
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Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small …
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