Gender Dysphoria

In reply to the Hon. F. PANGALLO ().19 March 2024).

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

The New South Wales government has engaged the Sax Institute, an independent health policy group, to review the national and international scientific literature, research and evidence on gender care. Queensland Health has recently released its external clinical service evaluation of the Queensland Children's Gender Service, which has found this service to be safe and evidence-based. The outcome of these reviews will be considered by SA Health.

The Gender Diversity Service at the Women's and Children's Hospital is currently providing treatment to 117 young people under the age of 18.

The Endocrinology Department, Women's and Children's Hospital advises the use of gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists (otherwise colloquially known as puberty blockers) for the management of precocious puberty in children has occurred since the early to mid-1980s at the Women's and Children's Hospital.