Whistleblower told NHS Sussex and NHS England of problems with Dr Sam Hall’s methods and was accused of transphobia. Dr Sam Hall, former clinical lead at WellBN Brighton An NHS Doctor raised …

On 5 October, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board published the terms of reference for the independent clinical review of surgical referrals from the Welsh Gender Service. For most of this year, ...

Former Top Post Office Lawyer Wins Battle To Give Evidence Remotely Jane MacLeod A former Post Office lawyer has won her bid to give evidence remotely to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).…

Let’s go to work. Naomi Cunningham and David Hay KC. Pic Iain Masterton Today was the final day of the Peggie v RCN employmeny tribunal in which Nurse Sandie Peggie is making three claims aga…

Patricia Marquis, Executive Director of RCN England. Pic Iain Masterton Patricia Marquis, the Executive Director of the Royal College of Nursing in England is quite obviously an intelligent, person…

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Southwark Crown Court – Criminal Damage Conviction Appeal – Day 1 LIVE 3 tweets last updated at 10:02:54 Good morning and welcome to Court 39 of the Royal Courts of Justice in London wh…

Southwark Crown Court – Criminal Damage Conviction Appeal – Day 1 LIVE 3 tweets last updated at 10:02:54 Good morning and welcome to Court 39 of the Royal Courts of Justice in London wh…

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Stuart Fraser, RCN Officer Pic: Iain Masterton This is part two of my report into Day 4 of Nurse Sandie Peggie’s employment tribunal claim against the Royal College of Nursing. You can read P…

(l to r, holding banner) Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey and Jennifer Melle and supporters outside Dundee Employment Tribunal. Pic: Iain Masterton This is part one of my report into Day 4 of Nurse S…

The RCN’s Norman Provan arriving this morning at the Dundee Employment Tribunal. Pic: Iain Masterton I want to focus my Day 3 report on a specific passage of cross-examination which to my min…

The RCN’s Norman Provan arriving this morning at the Dundee Employment Tribunal. Pic: Iain Masterton I want to focus my Day 3 report on a specific passage of cross-examination which to my min…

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Sandie Peggie (right) and her barrister Naomi Cunningham arriving in Dundee for Peggie v RCN day 2. © Iain Masterton The witnesses who gave evidence today were not directly connected to Sandie Pegg…

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(l-r) Darren, Sandie and Nicole Peggie outside the doors of Dundee Employment Tribunal on Day 1 on the trial. All photos © Iain Masterton Sandie Peggie was back in the witness box today for the fir…

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Sandie Peggie on the promenade in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Photo: Iain Masterton This is an expanded and re-edited version of the interview which appeared in the Sunday Times on 20 September: Although she …

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The campaigner for single-sex NHS changing rooms is suing the Royal College of Nursing, claiming she was turned away when she needed support

The campaigner for single-sex NHS changing rooms is suing the Royal College of Nursing, claiming she was turned away when she needed support

St David’s Hosptial in Cardiff, home of the Welsh Gender Service Around sixty people whose gender surgeries were cancelled by NHS Wales are expected to have a review into their necessity comp…

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Shortly after publishing the piece which flagged the Welsh Gender Service as a potential Service of Concern (now a fully fledged Actual Concern) I received an email from a former gender clinician I…

Over the past couple of years I’ve been corresponding with a couple of older male transsexuals. They are courteous types who have watched in horror at what they see as the politicisation of t…

Now they’re in trouble. Sex Matters. (l-r) Dr Helen Joyce, Maya Forstater and Fiona McAnena I am not a defund the BBC sort, but I can understand the frustrations of those who are. I have spok…

WGS patient Sion Jewell on BBC Wales on Tuesday On Tuesday this week, 29 year old Sion Jewell told the BBC about the cancellation of her double mastectomy. “It was just the most heartbreaking…

WGS patient Sion Jewell on BBC Wales on Tuesday We are starting to get a tiny bit more information as to why NHS Wales’ senior body, the Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) has cancelled all …

The Welsh Gender Service has been ordered to pause all gender-affirming surgery causing devastation and harm to the trans community in Wales

The rate of referral for gender surgery in Wales last year was nearly four times as high as in England, prompting a pause in the service for review