From an interview with Yvonne Roberts, as cited in "'It's time to say: we're not getting it right on children's health' – paediatricians' leader", The Observer (13 July 2013)
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Children are well one minute and very sick the next. So you have much less time than you have with adults.
— Hilary Cass
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About Hilary Cass
Hilary Dawn Cass OBE is a British physician and a consultant in paediatric disability at St Thomas' Hospital, London. She was the President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) from 2012 to 2015. Commissioned in 2020, the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (known as the Cass Review) was published in April 2024. Cass received a peerage in the Dissolution Honours announced on 4 July 2024, and will sit as a Crossbencher.
About Hilary Cass
Hilary Dawn Cass OBE is a British physician and a consultant in paediatric disability at St Thomas' Hospital, London. She was the President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) from 2012 to 2015. Commissioned in 2020, the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (known as the Cass Review) was published in April 2024. Cass received a peerage in the Dissolution Honours announced on 4 July 2024, and will sit as a Crossbencher.
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