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“New NHS England Review Excluded 97% Of All Trans Studies To Say Care Doesn't Work The new review has led to a ban for HRT through the NHS England system under the age of 18” “On Monday, NHS England published 10 evidence reviews purporting to show that the quality of evidence for hormone therapy for transgender youth is low. The reviews were released alongside an announcement that the healthcare system would be banning new hormone prescriptions for transgender youth under the age of 18. But upon closer examination, the evidence reviews appear to be an extreme example of politically-manufactured science—similar to other reviews that have come out of the UK in recent months to provide political justification for banning gender-affirming care. Across the 10 reviews, 547 full-text screenings resulted in just 17 studies included—a staggering 97% exclusion rate. The reviews used exclusion criteria designed to guarantee that result, discarded some of the most significant transgender care studies published in the last decade for nonsensical reasons, and then reached what appears to be a predetermined conclusion: that there is insufficient evidence that hormone therapy for trans youth works” EITM newsletter 10/04/2026