Pathways Puberty Blocker trial

A page for links to articles about the controversial clinical trial, which is scheduled to begin sometime in 2026

Puberty blockers – UK trials to determine whether drugs benefit trans adolescents will go ahead BMJ 24.11.25

 

Wes Streeting faces fresh demand to stop puberty blocker trial as petition hits 100k Express 12.01.26

Labour must not silence gender-critical activists, says Wes Streeting The Telegraph 06.01.26

Peers urge Streeting to scrap puberty blocker trial for children The Times 23.12.25

Streeting accused of ‘dragging feet’ over cross-sex hormones ban The Telegraph 23.12.25

“This is why the trial is necessary”: experts behind the puberty blockers study respond to mounting opposition The BMJ 18.12.25

Streeting’s U-turn on puberty blockers is unbelievable The Telegraph 18.12.25

Children cannot consent to puberty blocker trial, Streeting admits The Telegraph 17.12.25

PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial is a return to pre-Cass activism Transgender Trend 02.12.25

Puberty blocker trial ‘vital’ after clinic buried study, says Cass The Times 30.11.25

NHS puberty blocker trial to ask children if they are ‘two spirit’ The Times 27.11.25

PATHWAYS: A Trial Built on Missing Data, Pseudoscience, and Quiet Cruelty  The Quackometer blog 25.11.25

This puberty blocker trial is a wicked betrayal of our children. Wes Streeting must stop it now Suzanne Moore in The Telegraph 24.11.25

NHS puberty blocker trial puts vulnerable children at risk Joan Smith in UnHerd 23.11.25

Expert reaction to PATHWAYS trial of puberty suppression in young people with gender incongruence having received all necessary regulatory and ethics approval Science Media Centre 23.11.25

New puberty blocker trial approved for children, but questions remain Hannah Barnes New Statesman 22.11.25

Puberty blockers to be tested in children as two major clinical studies launch The Independent 22.11.25

Children as young as 10 to be given puberty blockers in NHS trial The Times 26.11.25

Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps? The Quackometer Blog 28.02.25

The new puberty blockers trial is expensive and adds little Hannah Barnes in The New Statesman 27.02.25