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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

'The evidence was disappointingly poor': The full interview with Dr. Hilary Cass

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

News, On Point, Daily, Npr, Talk Show

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

British pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass led a highly anticipated independent scientific review of gender health services for children in England, commissioned by the National Health Service.

Now popularly known as the 'Cass Review,' it concludes for most young people, "a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress.” She gave On Point her first broadcast interview in the U.S.

About:

On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.

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accelerating the pace of engineering and science. Learn more at Math Works.

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Come. Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken, a podcast from BU

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Questram School of Business.

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ESG or environmental, social governance promises to help the bottom line and the planet at the same time.

0:27.0

Is it too good to be true?

0:28.7

Stick around until the end of this podcast for a preview of'm Magna Chakrabardi. In March,

0:40.4

Britain's National Health Service announced that it will no longer routinely

0:44.9

prescribed puberty blockers to gender questioning young people under the age of 18.

0:50.9

In April, England's highest health regulator, the Care Quality Commission,

0:55.2

announced that it would similarly enforce the ban among England's private clinics.

1:00.0

The change follows guidance published last month in a highly anticipated

1:05.3

independent scientific review of gender health services for children in

1:09.4

England. That review was commissioned by the NHS itself and it concludes that quote

1:15.5

for most young people a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their

1:20.5

gender-related distress."

1:23.4

British Pediatrician Dr Hillary Cass led the independent review, now popularly known as

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The Cass Review.

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Cass is one of Britain's most highly respected pediatricians and former president of the Royal Society of Pediatrics and Child Health.

1:39.0

She gave on point her first US broadcast interview. Dr. Cass explained to us why Britain's

1:45.8

NHS is now taking an extremely cautious approach when considering puberty

1:50.7

blockers or cross-sex hormones for young people.

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