Month: August 2026

  • Welsh Gender Surgeries Could Be Stopped

    Welsh Gender Surgeries Could Be Stopped

    On Monday, NHS Wales joint commissioning body’s Quality, Safety and Outcomes committee met to discuss the Welsh Gender Service. Last week this website revealed that WGS had been designated a “potential Service of Concern” due to “issues identified through ongoing review and assurance processes”. These included “higher rates of surgical referral than seen in comparable…

  • Amnesty’s “anti-rights” author is back!

    Amnesty’s “anti-rights” author is back!

    … and she’s speaking at the Lib Dem conference. The author of a withdrawn report which still might get Amnesty International sued is speaking at the Liberal Democrat party’s autumn conference. Chiara Capraro, Amnesty’s Gender Justice Warrior Director is part of a fringe panel event called Anti-rights: the threat from Christian Nationalism and the far…

  • Welsh gender clinic “potential Service of Concern”

    Welsh gender clinic “potential Service of Concern”

    … but the surgery referrals won’t stop. The Welsh Gender Service (WGS) has been described as a “potential Service of Concern” in an internal NHS document published online. A Service of Concern is a formal NHS designation, meaning there has been “significant singular service failures, or cumulative or systemic concerns regarding a service or setting”.…

  • Call for NHS therapists to “educate” clients

    Call for NHS therapists to “educate” clients

    The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) has proposed requiring its therapists to “actively promote inclusion” during therapy sessions and “ensure that any discriminatory attitudes and behaviours are challenged” when expressed by patients. The BABCP regulates psychotherapists and BABCP accreditation is considered important for any Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) working in the NHS.…