EP149 - We Read Levy So You Don't Have To

EP149 - We Read Levy So You Don't Have To

From What The Trans!? by The What The Trans Group

February 17, 2026 · 1h 42m · Episode 149

About this episode

The hosts provide a deep dive into the Levy review, discussing its strengths and weaknesses.

At last! It's here! Our long-awaited deep dive into the Levy review is here! In this episode, our hosts Ashleigh, Flint and Alyx take you through what the review got right, what it got wrong and where it didn't go far enough. This is a special episode and as such does not talk about the main news stories of the last few weeks. It's Levy all the way down this time. Normal service will be resumed as soon as we work out what that is. The Beaches ! The awesome Canadian band we mentioned. The Atomic Hound Dog ! Ashleigh's old band. References: Dr Hilary Cass Chair Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people John Stewart National Director Streeting's response - Adult Services Review Gender Identity Services for Adults (Non-Surgical Interventions) -NHS England NHS commissioning » Review of adult gender dysphoria services Review of the NHS adult gender dysphoria clinics in England: terms of reference and key lines of enquiry Arden GEM Review of NHS adult gender dysphoria clinics Engagement summary report of findings "The Levy Review" - Operational and delivery review of NHS adult gender dysphoria clinics in England NHS England's initial response to Dr…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ashleigh, Flint, Alyx

Topics covered

  • Levy review
  • gender identity services
  • NHS healthcare
  • trans issues
  • political analysis

Keywords

  • Levy review
  • gender identity
  • NHS
  • trans healthcare
  • Ashleigh
  • Flint
  • Alyx

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS England

Books & works: The Levy Review, Gender Identity Services for Adults (Non-Surgical Interventions), Review of adult gender dysphoria services, Levy Review: A scathing audit of NHS Trans+ healthcare that isn't radical enough to fix the problems

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