During a Wednesday appearance on BBC Radio 4's "Today," Dr. Cass said her team had "asked NHS England to provide advice to families about what it means if they go down a private route in terms of coming back into the NHS later."

"Because of the toxicity of the debate, [children have] often been bypassed by local services who've been really nervous about seeing them. So rather than doing the things that they would do for other young people with depression or anxiety, or perhaps undiagnosed autistic spectrum disorder, they’ve tended to pass them straight on to the Gids service," said Cass.

Dr. Cass, a former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said she wanted to "help clinicians from all backgrounds realize that they do have the transferable skills to see these young people."

On Wednesday, Rishi Sunak contended that Cass's study was "very supportive of the direction of travel" proposed by the government, which called for greater prudence when it came to young people going through gender transitions. The prime minister said that Cass's assessment "broadly agrees with the direction of travel that the government is taking on this, which is to exercise extreme caution on these issues."

In 2020, NHS England commissioned Cass to examine the care provided to kids who experience gender dysphoria. A significant change in strategy away from medical intervention and toward a holistic model that takes into account any additional mental health issues the kids could be experiencing has been approved in her final report.