# Recommendations of the Queensland children’s gender service external evaluation and their implications for health policy in Australia

## TL;DR

This paper evaluates the Queensland Children's Gender Service and highlights concerns about its recommendations for health policy in Australia.

## Contribution

The paper critiques the evaluation process for lacking evidence-based guidelines and systematic review.

## Key findings

- The evaluation report lacks evidentiary support and relies on discredited guidelines.
- Eight areas of concern were identified regarding the clinic's functioning.
- The recommendations could impact health services across Australia.

## Abstract

To review the evaluation process and the implications for Australian health policy of the 2024 external clinical service evaluation of the Queensland Children's Gender Service (QCGS) and its recommendations.

Failing to perform a systematic review of the relevant literature, and adhering to discredited and ideologically based guidelines, the Review made recommendations lacking evidentiary support that have major implications for Queensland and other Australian health services. The evaluation report’s recommendations reveal eight areas of concern about the clinic’s functioning.