Dr Anne @SolutionPsych

The draft Conversion Practices Bill would silence therapists, harm children and divide families. That is the warning of our new report, which is based on 30 in-depth interviews with mental-health professionals. Read it here: sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…

SEEN in Publishing, Transgender Trend, and Biology in Medicine have launched "Through the Looking Glass," a major report examining trans activism in children's literature and UK library services. [1, 2] Download and read the full PDF report here: biologyinmedicine.substack.com/p/through-the-…

"Most of the children treated by the practice...also had possible neurodevelopmental issues." "None of them had a clear diagnosis of gender incongruence of gender dysphoria from a specialist." "Harm has been happening in plain sight." brightonandhovenews.org/2026/06/11/hov…

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"Professor David Strain, the chair of the BMA’s board of science: “the baroness has been vindicated in the way she approached the data”. When asked to name a single one of Cass’s 32 recommendations which the BMA opposed he said: “I can’t.” thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

Calling all parents! Please read this and respond to the updated Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance for schools this weekend 👇

Read some Piaget please! @prof_curiosity1

6 months ago

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The Finnish Study? The ABSOLUTE SCANDAL of the behaviour of the British Psychological Society and its gender stance and guidelines over a decade. AND IT CONTINUES WILFULLY bpswatch.com/2024/08/15/the…

given what we know about the benefits of palliative care, the lack of access to it, the inequalities in the Canadian experience, and the fact that we have incredibly vulnerable people at risk of abuse and exploitation - this bill is fundamentally unsafe. and PS @Sandeshgulhane/

Dr Sandesh Gulhane @Sandeshgulhane

7 months ago

As a GP and MSP, I believe that the assisted dying bill offers a safe, compassionate choice for those whose pain cannot be relieved. My article in @heraldscotland explains why. heraldscotland.com/politics/holyr…

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v pleased to see this. more medics speaking up about bad science, the influence of lobbying, and the need to properly evaluate what we should already know. thetimes.com/comment/letter…

LabourWomen’sDeclaration @LabWomenDec

8 months ago

Letter from 24 consultant psychiatrists to @thetimes calls for "reinvigorated effort" to pursue existing data on 9k GIDS patients. "It was alarming to learn NHS adult clinics refused to co-operate with the research team" "This should now be the priority" @wesstreeting @NHSEngland

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Cass says children are 'weaponised' by both sides of trans debate. Demonising trial critics as extremists who want to "weaponise" children is a way of not having to deal with what the critics are actually saying about the trial. It shuts down the debate and excuses trial advocates from having to address the substantive criticisms of the trial. These include: little or no understanding of aetiology of gender related distress and therefore no rational basis for "treating" it with puberty blockers; basing research on the poorly defined diagnosis of "gender incongruence" that has no predictive value and which will inevitably lead to children whose distress would have resolved naturally being put on irreversible medical pathways (most of whom likely to grow up to be gay or lesbian); significant risks, especially irreversible harms to identity development, cognitive function, fertility, sexual function, and bone health minimised and not balanced by possible benefits; short term subjective wellbeing outcomes unrelated to long term health and wellbeing; poor scientific design subject to strong placebo and confounding factors and incapable of answering any critical questions, especially long term harms; no rationale for why blocking puberty rather than psychological support is best way to help children who are distressed about pubertal changes; no explanation for why less risky ways to acquire relevant knowledge, such as outcomes of children who already received PBs are not being researched as a priority. Those who have serious concerns about the trial are motivated by concern for children's health, safety and wellbeing and don't want them to be subjected to a harmful and useless experiment. Is that an extreme position?

Genspect's letter to Wes Streeting about the Pathways puberty blocker trial: "the clinical trial you defend rests on a diagnostic concept—gender incongruence—whose origins are political rather than scientific, rendering it an inappropriate basis for medical intervention in young people." genspect.substack.com/p/open-letter-…

This made me laugh

Susan Dalgety @DalgetySusan

9 months ago

Thank you to the wonderful Margaret Gribbon, lawyer for the really amazing Sandie Peggie, who chose The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht as her favourite book in her @thetimes Lawyer of the Week Q&A @LucyHunterB (share token) thetimes.com/article/eea17b…

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With the agreement of ScotPAG, we reprint in full their account of Dr. Woodhouse’s experience and tribute to her persistence and courage... therein are additional links to all the documentation of Dr Woodhouse’s (HCPC) Tribunal papers. bpswatch.com/2026/01/02/sco…

You can add my name to the list. Psychologists have had their careers threatened for prioritising good practice, evidence and safeguarding over ideology for too long.

FakeBPSCommentary @psychsocwatchuk

10 months ago

The Rt Hon Wes Streeting Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care 14 December 2025 Dear Secretary of State, Plea to halt the Pathways Puberty Blocker Trial We, the undersigned 20 clinical psychologists, have personally noted and experienced the censorship of

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Not in my name.

Bruce Bowman @boswelltoday

a year ago

🧵1/10 The British Psychological Society has submitted a response to the @EHRC that reads less like science and more like scripture. Their sermon? Biology is offensive, truth is cruel, and women asking for boundaries must be shamed into silence. @BPSOfficial 🔽

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Astounding report by @ProfAliceS. Case after case of academics intimidated & silenced. With universities complicit. An affront to academic freedom. And from August, unlawful.

Review of Data, Research, Stats on Sex and Gender @Sullivan_Review

a year ago

The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today. sullivanreview.uk/documents.php

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IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help... 1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change what most pay each year. For most, they're paid for you by the student loans company and you repay afterwards only if you earn over the threshold. The amount you repay each year (9% over the threshold) solely depends on what you earn not on what you borrow. 2. Increasing tuition fees will only see those who clear the loan in full over the 40yrs pay more. That is generally mid-high to higher earning university leavers only, so the cost of increasing them will generally be born by the more affluent. Most lower and middle earning university leavers will simply pay 9% extra tax above the threshold for 40yrs (and higher tuition fees won't change that) 3. The rise is tuition fees is likely to be trivial compared to the changes the last govt made for 2023 starters. 2023 starters had their repayment thresholds dropped to £25,000 (from £27,295/yr) and had the time they had to keep repaying for (unless cleared) extended to 40years from 30years. So these higher annual repayments for longer, increased by over 50% the amount many graduates will eventually have to pay back for going to university. Yet they were almost stealth changes because people can't intuitively feel the seismic impact. Changing tuition fees is a more obvious rise, but in reality has far less of an impact on the amount most will repay (though combined with the 2023 changes it does certainly up the cost). 4. The biggest practical problem for students isnt tution fees (even if raised) its the fact maintenace loans aren't big enough. English maintenance loans have not kept pace with inflation. I'd urge the govt to couple the tuition fee loans with bigger living loans - if not it is a real risk to social mobility, with those from the poorest backgrounds likely to be worse affected. I could write more, but will stop here, hopefully this gives an idea the issues are less straightforward than many feel.

Need an excuse for a trip to the Highlands? Here’s one 😉

@fortiain At least he was wearing a helmet!

Happy Birthday Forth Road Bridge! My dad was an engineer on the FRB. He was at the opening in 1964 & the opening of the Queensferry Crossing in 2014. Sadly passed away last year but wrote down all his stories raising money for Prostate Cancer UK #bbcgms amazon.co.uk/Forth-Road-Bri…

2017 for Queensferry Crossing of course but it was 4th September!!