Medical decisions belong with doctors and patients

Dr Scott Leibowitz argues that trans healthcare decisions must remain in the consulting room, not in the hands of politicians presenting false choices.

Dr Scott Leibowitz offers an important reminder about where healthcare decisions should be made. The question is not whether trans people should receive care, but rather how that care is best provided by clinicians working alongside their patients.

When politicians frame healthcare as a binary choice, they remove the nuance and individualised thinking that good medicine requires. Every person's journey is different, and every clinical decision should reflect that complexity.

Read the full piece to explore why keeping trans healthcare in the consulting room is essential to good practice.