Dr Heather Wood
23 thg 10, 2025
Session summary
Clinical psychologist view: Dr Heather Wood is a Clinical Psychologist and previously worked at the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service for over 10 years. She was one of the Clinical Leads within the service that provided Trans Healthcare to young gender diverse people. This included access to Puberty Blockers and Gender Affirming Hormones via NHS Endocrinology Services. However, following the publication of the highly flawed Cass Report, NHS England made a politically influenced decision to close the GIDS Services. And the new services designed by NHS England and Hilary Cass are not fit for purpose and are denying access to Hormone Blockers and Gender Affirming Hormones as recognised treatments for young people in the UK. They are proposing a highly unethical research project in relation to Puberty Blockers that again, is not fit for purpose. Dr Wood aims to shine a light on these issues and to highlight ways that we can push back against these restrictions in Trans Healthcare that are deeply damaging to Trans Youth in the UK.
Biography
Dr Heather Wood is a Clinical Psychologist and previously worked at the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service for over 10 years. She was one of the Clinical Leads within the service that provided Trans Healthcare to young gender diverse people. She is the Clinical Director of Dignity Gender Assessment Services, a private healthcare service that continues to work in respectful ways with the trans community.
