GP felt bullied into resigning over puberty blocker concerns

A doctor argues she was hounded out of her job after raising safeguarding concerns about prescribing trans drugs to vulnerable teenagers.

Dr Sarah Redvers, who is awaiting the outcome of her legal challenge against NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB) for constructive dismissal, told The Times: “I feel like I’ve been gaslit for years by my employer.”

In 2020, Redvers passed on complaints concerning a Brighton GP’s promotion of sex-swap drugs and puberty blockers for gender-confused youngsters. After she was placed under investigation, bullied, and accused of being a transphobe, the safeguarding GP argues that she had no choice but to resign.

Interrogation

Redvers said that she had brought the activities of Dr Sam Hall — a woman who claims to be a man — to the attention of the ICB, NHS England and the GMC over the medical treatment of “this complex group of medical patients”, some of whom Hall had not met or assessed.

Hall, who worked for Brighton’s WellBN GP practice, subsequently emailed the Chief Executive of NHS Sussex, claiming: “I am being victimised here and I need proper protection from this individual and their repeated attempts to disrupt my career.”

Following a formal letter of complaint by Hall, the Trust ordered an inquiry into Redvers by external investigator Dusty Amroliwala. Redvers described Amroliawala’s interview as ‘brutal’ and “completely oppressive”.

In 2023, Redvers was accused of transphobia at an NHS Sussex meeting. She recalled: “I felt completely vulnerable, personally and professionally. Actually, I felt completely powerless.” She resigned the following year.

Investigation

In 2026, NHS Sussex confirmed that an independent safety investigation had found that “WellBN GP practice was inappropriately prescribing medications to children and young people for the clinical indication of gender dysphoria”.

The investigation “looked at care provided to the 78 children and young people who received a prescription for gender care from the Practice during the period from January 2023 to December 2025”. Hall’s final working day at the practice was on 30 June 2025.

Investigators reported that puberty blockers “and gender enhancing medications were prescribed without a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment (in 22 cases without even face-to-face appointments having taken place) without essential baseline and ongoing investigations and in 75 cases without referrals to paediatric endocrinologists”.

Baroness Hilary Cass questioned why Hall “still has a licence to practise.” She added: “There urgently needs to be an investigation of why every system that should have protected children, young people, and indeed young adults has failed. Clearly it goes beyond NHS Sussex to other regulatory bodies.”