The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
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From Tortoise, journalist Polly Curtis tells the story of the Gender Identity Development Service for children and young people at the Tavistock. The Tavi, as it’s known, is the only NHS clinic in England and Wales which treats children suffering from gender dysphoria. Its critics have accused it of fast-tracking young people into changing gender. Its supporters argue it has provided help and support, even a lifeline for some. In a few months time the clinic will close. This is the story of what happened.
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The Tavistock: Inside the gender clinic
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
11/21/22 • 3 min
From Tortoise, journalist Polly Curtis tells the story of the Gender Identity Development Service for children and young people at the Tavistock. The Tavi as it’s known is the only clinic in England and Wales which has treated children suffering from body dysphoria. Its critics have accused it of fast-tracking young people into changing gender. Its supporters argue it has provided help and support, even a lifeline. In a few months the clinic will close. This is the story of what happened.
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A verdict | Ep 1
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
12/01/22 • 38 min
In the summer of 2022 the NHS announced it was winding up the Gender Identity Development Service for children and young people at the Tavistock. Critics of the service celebrated, its supporters were left in despair. In this series journalist Polly Curtis has spent months trying to understand what happened at GIDS. Why has it attracted such criticism and what is the best way going forward of treating young people with gender dysphoria?
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Gender GP | Ep 7
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
06/20/23 • 43 min
The story of Gender GP and its founder Helen Webberley, labelled by one newspaper as one of Britain’s most controversial doctors.
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The real scandal | Ep 6
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
12/15/22 • 40 min
Polly Curtis investigates why NHS England accelerated the closure of GIDS and what the future of the service could look like for children and young people.
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The noise | Ep 5
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
12/15/22 • 38 min
The public debate around the work of the Tavistock is getting louder. Kiera Bell wins a landmark ruling at the High Court which halts all new referrals for puberty blockers for under 18s on the NHS in England and Wales. She was prescribed puberty blockers at 16 but later decided she wants to detransition. The Tavistock appeals and the ruling is overturned. But for many people the narrative of the Gender Identity Development Service is now set in stone.
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The enemy within | Ep 4
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
12/08/22 • 34 min
The internal divisions at GIDS and the wider Tavistock centre spill out into the open. Whistleblowers are publicly critical of GIDS. One accuses the service of fast tracking young people onto puberty blockers after just one meeting with clinicians. The senior leadership team at GIDS desperately tries to hold the team together. Meanwhile the numbers on the waiting list tick up and up.
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Thin ice | Ep 3
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
12/08/22 • 35 min
As the increase in referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service increases, the profile of the young people seeking treatment changes too. There are now two natal girls for every natal boy, a complete reversal of what it had been a decade before. Polly Curtis tries to make sense of this change and goes to Blackpool which has the highest referral rate of anywhere in England.
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The broom cupboard | Ep 2
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
12/01/22 • 40 min
Polly Carmichael became the director of the Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock in 2009. “I remember our office was literally a room that had probably been a broom cupboard at one stage”, she recalls. But the decision in 2011 to start offering puberty blockers to under-16s, and in 2016 to widen the professionals who could refer a child to GIDS had a major impact. The numbers of people on the waiting list ticked inexorably up, until the clinic felt it could barely cope.
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How many episodes does The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic have?
The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic currently has 8 episodes available.
What topics does The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic cover?
The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, Sex, News Commentary, Trans, Documentary, Podcasts and Gender.
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The episode title 'Gender GP | Ep 7' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic is 34 minutes.
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Episodes of The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.
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The first episode of The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic was released on Nov 21, 2022.
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