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22 January 2025 - Evidence base on the safety and effectiveness of puberty blockers - Oral evidence

Committee Women and Equalities Committee
Inquiry Evidence base on the safety and effectiveness of puberty blockers

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Start times: 2:00pm (private) 2:20pm (public)


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WEC to hear evidence on puberty blockers

The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hold a one-off session in Parliament on Wednesday, 22 January exploring the evidence base on the safety and clinical effectiveness of puberty blockers.

Meeting details

At 2:20pm: Oral evidence
Work Evidence base on the safety and effectiveness of puberty blockers (Non-inquiry session)
Professor in Child and Adolescent Health (Honorary) UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Professor in Bioethics, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester
Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford

In December 2024, the Government announced it was making the ban on the sale and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones to under-18s, except for purposes other than gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria, indefinite.

It also announced a clinical trial into the use of puberty blockers to establish a clear evidence base for their use.

The evidence session will examine the medical evidence for an indefinite ban and how a research trial on puberty blockers should be set up in order for it to be safe and produce robust results.

Location

Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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