A High Court has rejected an attempt to halt a planned clinical trial of puberty blockers, meaning recruitment can proceed shortly. According to the article’s headline, the study may enrol children as young as 11, a development likely to intensify debate over medical evidence, safeguarding and treatment for young people with gender-related distress.

The article reports that recruitment could begin within days of the ruling. No further details about the trial’s design, size, organisers, eligibility criteria or the court’s reasoning are included in the supplied text.