Children’s Doctor Claims Scotland’s Offer of Puberty Blockers to Children a ‘Medical Scandal’

Children’s Doctor Claims Scotland’s Offer of Puberty Blockers to Children a ‘Medical Scandal’
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf visits Nova Innovation, in Edinburgh, on April 11, 2023. Fraser Bremner - Pool/Getty Images
Patricia Devlin
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A retired paediatrician has described the Scottish government’s refusal to stop the routine prescription of puberty blockers to children as “a medical scandal.”

Dr Jenny Cunningham has questioned why Scotland’s health service continues offering the hormone-stopping drugs to those as young as 12 years old despite the NHS in England announcing it was stopping the practice.

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