Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the World’s Largest Gender Service for Children

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING ’This is what journalism is for’ - Observer Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the collapse of the world’s largest gender service for children. ＂ Are we hurting children?＂ That’s the core question at the heart of Time to Think, which exposes the truth about the rise and fall of the United Kingdom’s flagship gender identity clinic for children. Answering in the affirmative, it exposes how ideology triumphed over evidence within this part of the healthcare system. In the process, child safeguarding was overlooked and pediatric patients were medically harmed.

Hannah Barnes spent fifteen years at the BBC specialising in analytical and investigative journalism on both television and radio, most recently as Investigations Producer for BBC Newsnight. She led the programme’s coverage of the care available to young people experiencing gender-related distress. Hannah is now an Associate Editor and Writer at the New Statesman.