BMA stance on Cass review of transgender care has ‘damaged its reputation’

‘Climate of fear’ at British Medical Association after it rejected findings of landmark study, leading member claims

• Jacky Davis: The BMA no longer speaks for doctors trying to protect children

The British Medical Association has threatened the reputation of all UK doctors by rejecting the findings of the landmark Cass review of transgender healthcare, a leading member of the BMA has told the Observer.

Dr Jacky Davis claims that the doctors’ union’s stance on the Cass review is “irrational”, has created a “fracture” between its leadership and the grassroots doctors it represents and left the medical profession “in an uproar”.

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