Puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria will be banned indefinitely in the UK, outside clinical trials, the Department of Health and Social Care said. Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting said there is a need to “act with caution” and “follow the expert advice” in caring for this “vulnerable group of young people”.

The activists, from the group Trans Kids Deserve Better, camped overnight outside the offices of the Department of Health and Social Care.

The Health Secretary claims to be led by the evidence but has merely furthered the fact-free anti-trans agenda pursued by the Conservatives, argues

The ban on giving puberty blockers to under-18s questioning their gender identify is to be made permanent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting says.

The United Kingdom indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children after warnings about an “unacceptable safety risk” on Wednesday. Wes Streeting, the U.K.’s secretary of state for Health and Social Care,

Streeting seeks to reassure trans youth amid indefinite puberty blocker ban - While health is a devolved matter, the ban applies across the UK.

The ban appears to apply only to trans kids using blockers to treat gender dysphoria; cisgender kids experiencing precocious puberty will still be able to access the treatment.

Streeting said there is a need to 'act with caution' and 'follow the expert advice' in caring for this 'vulnerable group of young people'.