The real scandal | The Tavistock Ep 6
Polly Curtis investigates why NHS England accelerated the closure of GIDS and what the future of the service could look like for children and young people. Listen to the full series today. For the pre...
18 Sep 202340min
The noise | The Tavistock Ep 5
The public debate around the work of the Tavistock is getting louder. Kiera Bell wins a landmark ruling at the High Court which halts all new referrals for puberty blockers for under 18s on the NHS in...
18 Sep 202338min
The enemy within | The Tavistock Ep 4
The internal divisions at GIDS and the wider Tavistock centre spill out into the open. Whistleblowers are publicly critical of GIDS. One accuses the service of fast tracking young people onto puberty ...
18 Sep 202334min
Thin ice | The Tavistock Ep 3
As the increase in referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service increases, the profile of the young people seeking treatment changes too. There are now two natal girls for every natal boy, a c...
18 Sep 202335min
The broom cupboard | The Tavistock Ep 2
Polly Carmichael became the director of the Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock in 2009. “I remember our office was literally a room that had probably been a broom cupboard at one sta...
18 Sep 202340min
A verdict | The Tavistock Ep 1
In the summer of 2022 the NHS announced it was winding up the Gender Identity Development Service for children and young people at the Tavistock. Critics of the service celebrated, its supporters were...
18 Sep 202339min
Introducing: The Tavistock
This is the story of the Gender Identity Development Service for children and young people at the Tavistock. The Tavi, as it’s known is the only clinic in England and Wales which has treated children ...
18 Sep 20233min
Out there | Pig Iron Ep 7
In the last episode of the series, the team finally hears from a man they’ve been chasing for months. And they return to Maine, to tell Christopher’s parents what they have discovered about their son'...
11 Sep 202345min
