Ministry of Health delays review into use of puberty blockers
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Team GayNZ:
The Health Ministry has again delayed its long-awaited review of the evidence for transgender children and teenagers' use of puberty blockers after a highly critical report from Britain.
Hormone blockers, which stop the physical changes of puberty, are under scrutiny internationally, after a four-year independent inquiry in Britain found "remarkably weak evidence" for their use.
Last week, the New Zealand Ministry of Health announced its own evidence brief - which was originally due in November - would be published this week.