Recommendations of the Queensland children’s gender service external evaluation and their implications for health policy in Australia
Spencer, Jillian, Amos, Andrew James, and Clarke, Patrick Hubert John (2025) Recommendations of the Queensland children’s gender service external evaluation and their implications for health policy in Australia. Australasian Psychiatry, 33 (2). pp. 265-272.
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Abstract
Objective: To review the evaluation process and the implications for Australian health policy of the 2024 external clinical service evaluation of the Queensland Children's Gender Service (QCGS) and its recommendations. Conclusions: Failing to perform a systematic review of the relevant literature, and adhering to discredited and ideologically based guidelines, the Review made recommendations lacking evidentiary support that have major implications for Queensland and other Australian health services. The evaluation report’s recommendations reveal eight areas of concern about the clinic’s functioning.
| Item ID: | 88181 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1440-1665 |
| Keywords: | administrative psychiatry, gender affirming treatment, gender dysphoria, public health, youth mental health care |
| Copyright Information: | © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2024. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2026 01:25 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420699 Public health not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2002 Evaluation of health and support services > 200299 Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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