Debbie Hayton

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Debbie Hayton

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments If data is worth collecting, then surely it is worth collecting properly. As a scientist I’d argue that unreliable data is worse than no data at all. At least if there is nothing recorded, then there is nothing to mislead. On one of the most basic categories of all – sex – it seems that official records are all over the place. According to Sullivan’s review, ‘gender’ – whatever that is – started to replace sex in the...

1 month ago | spectator.com.au | Debbie Hayton

If data is worth collecting, then surely it is worth collecting properly. As a scientist I’d argue that unreliable data is worse than no data at all. At least if there is nothing recorded, then there is nothing to mislead. On one of the most basic categories of all – sex – it seems that official records are all over the place.

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Debbie Hayton

If a government’s first duty is to protect its citizens, then Wes Streeting must step up to defend some of society’s most vulnerable. The Health Secretary is reportedly refusing to intervene over NHS plans to test puberty blockers on children. Nearly £11 million has been allocated to experiment with drugs that may prevent children’s bones from developing normally. Streeting knows these drugs are potentially dangerous when used to stop the natural development of healthy children.

1 month ago | spectator.com.au | Debbie Hayton

If a government’s first duty is to protect its citizens, then Wes Streeting must step up to defend some of society’s most vulnerable. Instead, the Health Secretary is reportedly refusing to intervene over NHS plans to test puberty blockers on children. Nearly £11 million has been allocated to experiment with drugs that may prevent children’s bones from developing normally.

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Debbie Hayton

Five years ago in March 2020, schools fell silent as Covid-19 swept across the world. At first, there was a tinge of excitement among some students and staff; it was as if, perhaps, we had been told that the whole country was going to be snowed in for six weeks. Had the restrictions thawed within a couple of months, the impact on at least some children’s education might even have been positive. New experiences stretch the mind, after all. But it didn’t work out like that.