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Scottish Government response to Cass review branded 'sop' to Greens to protect Bute House Agreement

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SNP ministers have been accused of playing down a landmark report into gender identity services for young people to avoid conflict with the Scottish Greens.Jenni Minto, the public health minister, finally made a statement today on the impact of the Cass review, which was published on April 10.The SNP MSP said it was "vitally important that these recommendations are carefully considered to assess to what extent they are relevant to the approach to gender identity healthcare in Scotland".Minto announced a new team led by the Chief Medical Officer would examine the Cass review and make any recommendations to how it would apply in Scotland."But Labour described the statement as a "sop" to the Scottish Greens who have failed to endorse the report.Patrick Harvie refused five times this week to say whether he accepted the Cass review's conclusions.Dr Hilary Cass's review looked at gender identity services for under-18s in NHS England.It found gender medicine to be operating on "shaky foundations" when it came to the evidence for medical treatment like prescribing hormones to pause puberty or to transition to the opposite sex.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian last week confirmed a pause on new prescriptions for puberty hormone suppressants for young people with gender dysphoria.NHS Scotland is reviewing gender services for both adults and children.

New protocols for adults have been delayed but are expected to be published before the summer.The Scottish Government has said it is now developing a separate pathway for under-18s.Minto told MSPs: "Ministers do not make clinical decisions in any field of medicine, and gender identity services is no exception.

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