Gender clinic bosses at controversial NHS facility are removed after regulators highlighted a string of failures including managing patient safety risk

Bosses at the controversial NHS gender-change clinic for children have been removed after regulators highlighted a string of failures.

The management team of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London has been 'disbanded', documents reveal. It comes weeks after the clinic, run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, was judged 'inadequate' by the Care Quality Commission.

Watchdogs said staff were afraid to raise concerns about patient safety for fear of 'retribution' from bosses. 

A report said: 'Staff did not always manage risk well. Many of the young [patients] were vulnerable and at risk of self-harm."

The management team of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London has been 'disbanded', documents reveal. It comes weeks after the clinic, run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, was judged 'inadequate' by the Care Quality Commission.

"The size of the waiting list meant staff were unable to proactively manage the risks to patients waiting for a first appointment."

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Source: MailOnline, 31 January 2021