Emails reveal series of warnings to health authorities over puberty blockers for children at Tavistock clinic
On March 20, 2019, members of the National Gender Service (NGS) met with senior members of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin and the Ireland East Hospital Group in Crumlin hospital’s boardroom to discuss the hospital’s care for transgender children who were referred to the Tavistock clinic in London.
Sharon Hayden, Crumlin hospital’s director of operational services, later sent out minutes of the meeting to the attendees but missed out on Dr Paul Moran, psychiatrist with the NGS. When Dr Moran was forwarded the minutes by his colleague Dr Donal O’Shea, who was also at the meeting, he was not happy.
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