Cass review must be used as ‘watershed moment’ for NHS gender services, says Streeting

Shadow health secretary calls for more thoughtful approach but says he understand scepticism among trans people

Wes Streeting has said he wants the Cass review to be a watershed moment in the provision of health services for young people questioning their gender identity but understands why some trans people may feel “frightened”.

The shadow health secretary said children and young people, but trans people more generally, had been “utterly failed” by the state of healthcare available, adding: “We’ve got to get this right” for them.