Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
London Psychotherapic Clinic
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| March 31 2024 | The Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service is set to close, following an announcement by Hilary Cass that the service would be discontinued and replaced with regional clinics offering a more holistic approach. |
| February 2023 | BBC journalist Hannah Barnes published her book 'Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children', providing a detailed account of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS). |
| 2022 | A discrimination claim was initiated against the Trust, alleging discrimination on the basis of race and religion, related to controversial lectures such as 'Whiteness - A Problem of Our Time'. |
| July 2022 | Following a critical independent review by Hilary Cass, it was announced that the Gender Identity Development Service would be discontinued and replaced with regional clinics offering a more holistic approach. |
| 2020 | The Clinic celebrated its centenary, commemorating the event with the publication of 'The Tavistock Century', a book edited by Margot Waddell and Sebastian Kraemer featuring personal chapters contributed by post-war Tavistock staff. |
| August 2019 | The Trust's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) had 5,717 people on its waiting list, with an average waiting time of about two years. |
| 2016 | The Trust borrowed £58 million, with plans to repay the loan by selling its current sites. |
| 2015 | Named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for, with 449 full-time equivalent staff and a low sickness absence rate of 0.92%. |
| November 2015 | Paul Burstow, a former Minister of State for Care and Support, was appointed as Chair of the Trust. |
| 2010 | The Trust began diversifying its clinical services, introducing new programs like the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Milton Keynes and the City and Hackney community psychotherapy service. |
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