Adrian O’Dowd

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Clinicians at a general practice in Brighton have inappropriately prescribed puberty blockers and hormone treatments to 78 children, an official investigation report has found. Of the 78 children, 22 were given the medications without even having a face-to-face appointment. The findings are from an NHS patient safety investigation1 into concerns about inappropriate prescribing of medications for gender incongruence or dysphoria by some clinicians at the WellBN practice in Brighton and Hove.

Rules regarding ways doctors must keep their personal beliefs in check when treating patients are being updated by the General Medical Council. The regulator has launched a consultation1 on proposed changes to its personal beliefs and medical practice guidance,2 which was last fully updated in 2013. The GMC said it was updating the guidance to reflect legal, social, and cultural changes.