The Cass Review is a British report released in 2024. Its purpose was to strengthen existing gatekeeping of trans health services by severely limiting these option for minors. Lead author Hilary Cass produced a political document similar to the anti-trans “science” produced by anti-trans extremist Paul McHugh to justify shutting down the Johns Hopkins gender clinic in 1979.
Members
The Cass Review included a group of unnamed participants that comprised the Gender Dysphoria Clinical Advisory Group, also likely known as Cass Review Assurance Group. As their names become known, they will be added below.
- Chair; Past President of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Professor in Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth; Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Leeds Endocrine team
- Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Gender Dysphoria, Leeds Children’s Hospital; and Nomination of British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Jeremy Glyde [unconfirmed]
- Senior Public Health Adviser to Specialised Commissioning, NHS England
- [listed elsewhere as Head of Specialised Commissioning / Deputy Director CYP Gender Dysphoria Programme, NHS England]
Gary Butler [unconfirmed]
- Consultant in Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology – Gender Identity Development Service; University College London Hospital & UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Polly Carmichael [unconfirmed]
- Clinical Psychologist, and Clinical Director of Gender Identity Development Service; Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Richard Stephens [unconfirmed]
- Patient and public voice representative
[unconfirmed]
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Jess Turnbull [unconfirmed]
- Consultant Community Paediatrician; Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / Nomination of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Bobbie Farsides (Also Cass Review Assurance Group)
- Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics, University of Sussex
Peter Fonagy
- Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College of London; Chief Executive of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Kenny Gibson
- National Head of Safeguarding, NHS England
Carl Henegan
- General Practitioner; and Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine and Director, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine; Oxford University
[unconfirmed]
- Patient and public voice representative
Leeds Endocrine team
- Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology – Gender Identity Development Service; Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Hilary Strachan?
- Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Central Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust / Nomination of Royal College of Psychiatrists
[unconfirmed]
- Patient and public voice representative
[unconfirmed]
- Clinical Policy Fellow, NHS England (secretariat)
[unconfirmed]
- Senior Professional Adviser. NHS Wales
References
Reed, Erin (May 13, 2024). Endocrine Society And American Academy Of Pediatrics Respond To Cass, Reject Bans. Erin in the Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/endocrine-society-and-american-academy
Scheimer, Dorey; Chakrabarti, Meghna; Skoog, Tim (May 8, 2024). ‘Cass Review’ author: More ‘caution’ advised for gender-affirming care for youth. On Point https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/05/08/hilary-cass-review-caution-nhs-gender-affirming-care-youth
Reed, Erin (April 18, 2024). Opinion: England’s Anti-Trans Cass Review Is Politics Disguised As Science. Erin in the Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/opinion-englands-anti-trans-cass
Reed, Erin (April 19, 2024). Dr. Cass Backpedals From Review: HRT, Blockers Should Be Made Available. Erin in the Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/dr-cass-backpedals-from-review-hrt
Reed, Erin (May 9, 2024). Cass Says Transition Should Be Measured By “Employment,” Not Satisfaction. Erin in the Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/cass-says-transition-should-be-measured
Resources
Cass Review (https://cass.independent-review.uk/)
- Final Report (2024)
- cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report
- Interim Report (2022)
- cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/interim-report
Twitter/X (twitter.com)
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)