Dr. Sarah Redvers, a safeguarding GP for the NHS in Sussex, has brought a constructive dismissal claim against NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board and its former chief executive after leaving her position. Redvers stated that she faced investigation, bullying, and harassment following her decision to raise concerns about the clinical practices of another physician regarding the treatment of young people questioning their gender identity.
In July 2020, Redvers was contacted by a colleague expressing concerns about a GP recommending hormone treatments for patients without proper assessment. Redvers escalated these complaints through appropriate NHS channels as a whistleblower. Over subsequent months, multiple physicians approached her with concerns about assessment quality, prescribing practices, and lack of specialist oversight at the WellBN clinic. Following investigations into her complaints, Redvers was told investigators had noted “a general worry” about potential allegations of transphobia. She subsequently referred the physician to the medical regulator in 2021.
Rathers than investigating the clinical concerns, the NHS launched an investigation into Redvers herself. She described undergoing a four-hour interrogation that left her distressed and resulted in months of sick leave for trauma-related treatment. NHS Surrey and Sussex acknowledged that some employment processes should have been handled differently and apologized to Redvers.
In June 2026, nearly six years after Redvers initially raised concerns, a separate NHS safety investigation determined that 78 children, some as young as 13, had potentially been harmed through inappropriate prescribing of puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones at the WellBN practice without proper safeguarding checks. Redvers told the BBC that the focus on investigating her had sidelined patient safety issues that could have been addressed earlier.
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