Question follow-through · 21512
Hormone Treatments: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues are permitted for treatment of precocious puberty but not gender incongruence.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues are permitted for treatment of precocious puberty but not gender incongruence.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues, puberty suppressing hormones, have been licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the treatment of precocious puberty and certain types of cancer. In granting a licence for th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prescriptions
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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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6 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support healthcare providers to ensure (a) uninterrupted access to essential patient care and (b) maintain the stability of primary care services.
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Dental Services
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