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Tag: Dr Jillian Spencer

  • Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Letter to QLD Health Minister Nicholls

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    Dear Minister Nicholls, Re: Support for Dr Jillian Spencer – Ensuring Clinical Freedom, Patient Safety, and Fair Treatment I write with concern and respect regarding the recent termination notice issued to Dr Jillian Spencer, a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist at Queensland Children’s Hospital. It is deeply troubling that Dr Spencer has faced professional sanctions—including…

  • Invitation to the Forum: Youth Gender Dysphoria – Pathways to Holistic Care

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    Women Speak Tasmania invites you to a Public Forum on one of the most pressing issues in child and adolescent health today: Youth Gender Distress: Pathways to Holistic Care. This important event, hosted by Carlo Di Falco, Member for Lyons (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party of Tasmania), brings together leading psychiatrists and experts to examine…

  • Article – AusPath: Activism Influencing Health Policy

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    This article by Jillian Spencer and Patrick Clarke examines the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH) and argues that it operates more as an activist group than a professional medical body, despite its strong influence on health policy. Originally limited to registered health professionals, AusPATH now admits members without medical qualifications, including activists, and…