Dr Anne Woodhouse, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, specialising in expert Family Law reports
Inverness, Scotland
Joined May 2012
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The draft Conversion Practices Bill would silence therapists, harm children and divide families.
That is the warning of our new report, which is based on 30 in-depth interviews with mental-health professionals.
Read it here: sex-matters.org/posts/update…
Dr Anne retweeted
SEEN in Publishing, Transgender Trend, and Biology in Medicine have launched "Through the Looking Glass," a major report examining trans activism in children's literature and UK library services. [1, 2]
Download and read the full PDF report here: biologyinmedicine.substack.c…
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"Most of the children treated by the practice...also had possible neurodevelopmental issues."
"None of them had a clear diagnosis of gender incongruence of gender dysphoria from a specialist."
"Harm has been happening in plain sight."
brightonandhovenews.org/2026…
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"Professor David Strain, the chair of the BMA’s board of science: “the baroness has been vindicated in the way she approached the data”.
When asked to name a single one of Cass’s 32 recommendations which the BMA opposed he said: “I can’t.”
thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
Dr Anne retweeted
The Finnish Study?
The ABSOLUTE SCANDAL of the behaviour of the British Psychological Society and its gender stance and guidelines over a decade. AND IT CONTINUES WILFULLY
bpswatch.com/2024/08/15/the-…
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given what we know about the benefits of palliative care, the lack of access to it, the inequalities in the Canadian experience, and the fact that we have incredibly vulnerable people at risk of abuse and exploitation - this bill is fundamentally unsafe. and PS @Sandeshgulhane/
As a GP and MSP, I believe that the assisted dying bill offers a safe, compassionate choice for those whose pain cannot be relieved. My article in @heraldscotland explains why. heraldscotland.com/politics/…
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v pleased to see this. more medics speaking up about bad science, the influence of lobbying, and the need to properly evaluate what we should already know. thetimes.com/comment/letters…
Letter from 24 consultant psychiatrists to @thetimes calls for "reinvigorated effort" to pursue existing data on 9k GIDS patients.
"It was alarming to learn NHS adult clinics refused to co-operate with the research team"
"This should now be the priority"
@wesstreeting @NHSEngland
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Cass says children are 'weaponised' by both sides of trans debate. Demonising trial critics as extremists who want to "weaponise" children is a way of not having to deal with what the critics are actually saying about the trial. It shuts down the debate and excuses trial advocates from having to address the substantive criticisms of the trial. These include: little or no understanding of aetiology of gender related distress and therefore no rational basis for "treating" it with puberty blockers; basing research on the poorly defined diagnosis of "gender incongruence" that has no predictive value and which will inevitably lead to children whose distress would have resolved naturally being put on irreversible medical pathways (most of whom likely to grow up to be gay or lesbian); significant risks, especially irreversible harms to identity development, cognitive function, fertility, sexual function, and bone health minimised and not balanced by possible benefits; short term subjective wellbeing outcomes unrelated to long term health and wellbeing; poor scientific design subject to strong placebo and confounding factors and incapable of answering any critical questions, especially long term harms; no rationale for why blocking puberty rather than psychological support is best way to help children who are distressed about pubertal changes; no explanation for why less risky ways to acquire relevant knowledge, such as outcomes of children who already received PBs are not being researched as a priority. Those who have serious concerns about the trial are motivated by concern for children's health, safety and wellbeing and don't want them to be subjected to a harmful and useless experiment. Is that an extreme position?
Dr Anne retweeted
Genspect's letter to Wes Streeting about the Pathways puberty blocker trial:
"the clinical trial you defend rests on a diagnostic concept—gender incongruence—whose origins are political rather than scientific, rendering it an inappropriate basis for medical intervention in young people."
genspect.substack.com/p/open…
Dr Anne retweeted
With the agreement of ScotPAG, we reprint in full their account of Dr. Woodhouse’s experience and tribute to her persistence and courage... therein are additional links to all the documentation of Dr Woodhouse’s (HCPC) Tribunal papers.
bpswatch.com/2026/01/02/scot…
Dr Anne retweeted
Astounding report by @ProfAliceS. Case after case of academics intimidated & silenced. With universities complicit.
An affront to academic freedom. And from August, unlawful.
The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today.
sullivanreview.uk/documents.…
Dr Anne retweeted
IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help...
1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change what most pay each year. For most, they're paid for you by the student loans company and you repay afterwards only if you earn over the threshold. The amount you repay each year (9% over the threshold) solely depends on what you earn not on what you borrow.
2. Increasing tuition fees will only see those who clear the loan in full over the 40yrs pay more. That is generally mid-high to higher earning university leavers only, so the cost of increasing them will generally be born by the more affluent. Most lower and middle earning university leavers will simply pay 9% extra tax above the threshold for 40yrs (and higher tuition fees won't change that)
3. The rise is tuition fees is likely to be trivial compared to the changes the last govt made for 2023 starters. 2023 starters had their repayment thresholds dropped to £25,000 (from £27,295/yr) and had the time they had to keep repaying for (unless cleared) extended to 40years from 30years.
So these higher annual repayments for longer, increased by over 50% the amount many graduates will eventually have to pay back for going to university. Yet they were almost stealth changes because people can't intuitively feel the seismic impact.
Changing tuition fees is a more obvious rise, but in reality has far less of an impact on the amount most will repay (though combined with the 2023 changes it does certainly up the cost).
4. The biggest practical problem for students isnt tution fees (even if raised) its the fact maintenace loans aren't big enough. English maintenance loans have not kept pace with inflation. I'd urge the govt to couple the tuition fee loans with bigger living loans - if not it is a real risk to social mobility, with those from the poorest backgrounds likely to be worse affected.
I could write more, but will stop here, hopefully this gives an idea the issues are less straightforward than many feel.
Dr Anne retweeted
Puberty Blockers. A 🧵
Children’s healthcare must always be led by evidence.
Medicine given to children must always be proven safe and effective first.
I know there’s lots of fear and anxiety.
Let me explain why this decision was taken.
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Dr Anne retweeted
The Cass report isn’t about a broad notion of “trans rights” it’s about serious failings in healthcare for gender questioning children. A lot of people care greatly when the medical profession fails children as is comprehensively detailed in report, and that’s a good thing 1/2
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The Cass Review is going to be game-changing, with ripples well beyond its own medical remit.
In particular, for those working in health, social care and education: Forstater established that it was your right to speak up. Cass makes it your duty.
An entire field of medicine aimed at enabling children to change gender has been “built on shaky foundations”, the chairwoman of an NHS review has concluded ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/cass-…
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“There are few other areas of healthcare where professionals are so afraid to openly discuss their views, where people are vilified on social media, and where name-calling echoes the worst bullying behaviour. This must stop.” Dr Hilary Cass holyrood.com/news/view,clini…
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Speech by Sir Andrew McFarlane: Adapting Adoption to the Modern World - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary judiciary.uk/speech-by-sir-a…
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Balfour and Manson family law conference returns in person scottishlegal.com/articles/b…