Health · Healthcare & Policy · 8 hrs ago
GP says she was forced out after raising concerns about gender treatment
A Sussex safeguarding GP says she was forced out after raising concerns about gender-related care at the WellBN clinic.
In 2020, she told NHS England that doctors had concerns about assessments, prescriptions and specialist supervision at the clinic.
NHS investigations initially found no cause for concern about the doctor whose work she questioned.
In June 2026, a separate safety investigation found that 78 children may have been harmed after puberty-blocking drugs and hormones were prescribed without proper checks.
The NHS said some practitioners provided care they were not commissioned to deliver, and NHS Surrey and Sussex apologised to the GP for employment processes that should have been handled differently.
The later investigation was prompted by a 2024 drug review, not by the concerns she raised years earlier.
GP Redvers says she was forced out of her job after raising concerns about how patients were treated in relation to gender care.
She raised concerns about assessments, prescribing and specialist supervision at the WellBN clinic, where Brighton GP Dr Sam Hall worked.
NHS investigations found no cause for concern about Hall’s practice, while NHS Surrey and Sussex later said some employment processes should have been handled differently and apologised to Redvers.
A separate NHS safety investigation in June 2026 found that 78 children may have been harmed after receiving puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones without proper checks.
- Who
- GP Redvers says she was forced out after raising concerns. Dr Sam Hall and NHS bodies are also involved.
- What
- Redvers raised concerns about gender-related care at the WellBN practice and says she was forced out of her job.
- When
- She first raised concerns nearly six years before the June 2026 safety investigation. The article was published on 23 October 2026.
- Where
- The concerns involved the WellBN practice in Sussex, where Hall worked.
- Why
- Redvers said she was concerned about the quality of patient assessments, prescribing and lack of specialist supervision.
Redvers
NHS investigations
Assessments and treatment
Redvers
Redvers said care lacked adequate assessments and medical evidence.
NHS investigations
The NHS said it was satisfied with Hall’s practice and a later investigation found no cause for concern.
Concerns raised
Redvers
Redvers said she and other GPs raised concerns about prescribing and specialist supervision.
NHS investigations
An investigation described one colleague’s persistent interest in the issue as appearing disproportionate.
A doctor contacted Redvers with concerns about a patient who had attended an overseas-registered online clinic.
A drug review was carried out, which the later safety report said prompted its investigation.
An NHS safety investigation found that 78 children had potentially been harmed after receiving drugs without proper checks.
The BBC published its report on Redvers’s claim that she was forced out after raising concerns.
- Potentially harmed children
- 78
- Youngest children cited
- Some were as young as 13
- Clinic
- WellBN practice
- Doctor
- Dr Sam Hall
- First concerns
- Nearly six years before the June 2026 safety investigation
What people are saying
It is totally unacceptable young people were put at risk of harm because some practitioners at the WellBN practice provided care they were not commissioned to deliver by the NHS.
It's about medical assessment and treatment of patients, which is something we have to get right, particularly in this complex group of vulnerable patients.
To read about a medical scandal knowing it could have been stopped was upsetting, because concerns were raised appropriately and leaders knew about it
We recognise that some employment processes should have been handled differently.