'The welfare of children should be the central concern.'

Asked about the Cass report into gender care, Prof Sir Chris Whitty tells #R4Today the 'vitriolic' debate around children's gender care needs to 'calm right down'.

BBC Radio 4 Today This is not an 'opportunity to rethink'. It is a wake-up call. Children have been abused physically and mentally by this 'care'. You do not sit and 'think'. You act, and act fast, start by closing quack clinics and prosecuting those who have pushed and benefited from this harm.