Mermaids in the NHS

SIR – I’m shocked that the charity Mermaids is going to be training NHS staff at a Trust taking over care of trans children from the Tavistock clinic (report, January 14).

How can the NHS think this is acceptable? It should at least allow the Charity Commission to complete its investigation into Mermaids before letting the charity – which is at the centre of a number of safeguarding rows – anywhere near staff who would then be supporting children. Jonathan Wheeler Reading, Berkshire