Question follow-through · 32362

Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 11 December 2024 on Puberty-suppressing Hormones, Official Report, column 914-916, whether the clinical trial into the use of puberty suppressing hormones fo

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 11 December 2024 on Puberty-suppressing Hormones, Official Report, column 914-916, whether the clinical trial into the use of puberty suppressing hormones fo

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The PATHWAYS study proposal, including the clinical trial of puberty-suppressing hormones, is going through all the usual review and approval stages. These include an independent academic peer review and consideration by the National Institute for Health ...

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