5,500 children are now on NHS waiting list for gender swap treatment

• Thousands of children are on waiting list for treatment at controversial Tavistock and Portman Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London
• Senior figures at NHS trust are concerned ‘the list had grown substantially during lockdown’; admitted it was a huge ‘preoccupation’ for Board of Trustees
• In Jan 2021, Care Quality Commission reported after inspecting GIDS that the list was 4,600

The number of children lining up for gender-change treatment on the NHS has soared by more than a fifth since the Covid lockdowns, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

According to new meeting minutes uncovered by this newspaper, there are about 5,500 children on the waiting list for treatment at the controversial Tavistock and Portman Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London.

Senior figures at the NHS trust have expressed fears ‘the list had grown substantially during the lockdown’ and admitted it was a huge ‘preoccupation’ for the Board of Trustees.

Last night, Stephanie Davies-Arai founder of campaign group Transgender Trend said of the possible impact of lockdowns: ‘Life stopped really, so adolescents at that stage in their lives, where they’re really searching for their identity, turn online.

‘They’re bombarded with messages about being trans and that all of their problems and insecurities and anxieties are because they’re trans.’

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