Our thanks to Jim for this. An extract:

A spokesman for Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust told the Times: ‘Being respectful of someone’s identity does not preclude exploration.

‘We agree that support should be holistic, based on the best available evidence, and that no assumptions should be made about the right outcome for any given young person.’

It comes less than a week after the health secretary criticised the trust, saying some of its controversial practices are ‘bordering on ideological’.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday about the Cass’s report, he said: ‘It’s already clear to me from her interim findings and from the other evidence that I’ve seen that the NHS services in this area are too narrow, they are overly affirmative, and in fact they’re bordering on ideological.

‘And that is why in this emerging area, of course, we need to be absolutely sensitive.

‘But we need to make sure that there is holistic care that’s provided, there’s not a one-way street and that all medical interventions are based on the best clinical evidence.’

In her review, Dr Cass wrote that doctors at the centre felt under pressure to adopt an unquestioning approach to children seeking to change their sex.

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