NHS referrals for under-10s rocket

THE number of children under 10 referred to the NHS for support with transgender feelings has more than quadrupled in recent years.

In the last two years alone it leapt from 87 to 216, including 32 aged five or under in the past year.

The term “transgender” describes a person who does not identify as the gender they were born.

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, based in London but with clinics across the UK, specialises in gender issues in under-18s.