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Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 94868

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS regional gender hubs have prescribed puberty blockers to patients under 18 since the publication of the Cass Review.

Answered by Karin Smyth

From 1 April 2024, NHS England adopted a new clinical commissioning policy that prevents the newly established Children and Young People's Gender Services from initiating prescriptions for gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues for the purpose of puberty suppression.

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