The United Kingdom announced an indefinite ban on the use of puberty blockers for those under the age of 18 years with gender dysphoria, except in clinical trials. The decision formalizes temporary restrictions imposed earlier this year.

The British government has indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication.

The Department of Health and Social Care have banned the use of puberty blockers in the UK for those under 18 indefinitely. The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) published independent expert advice that there is ‘currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children’,