Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
London Psychotherapic Clinic
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| April 9 2025 | Announcement made that the Trust will merge with the newly formed North London NHS Foundation Trust by April 2026, creating one of the largest community and mental health trusts in London. |
| March 31 2024 | The Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service is set to close, following an announcement by Hilary Cass that the service would be discontinued and replaced with regional clinics offering a more holistic approach. |
| February 2023 | BBC journalist Hannah Barnes published her book 'Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children', providing a detailed account of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS). |
| 2022 | A discrimination claim was initiated against the Trust, alleging discrimination on the basis of race and religion, related to controversial lectures such as 'Whiteness - A Problem of Our Time'. |
| July 2022 | Following a critical independent review by Hilary Cass, it was announced that the Gender Identity Development Service would be discontinued and replaced with regional clinics offering a more holistic approach. |
| 2020 | The Clinic celebrated its centenary, commemorating the event with the publication of 'The Tavistock Century', a book edited by Margot Waddell and Sebastian Kraemer featuring personal chapters contributed by post-war Tavistock staff. |
| August 2019 | The Trust's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) had 5,717 people on its waiting list, with an average waiting time of about two years. |
| 2016 | The Trust borrowed £58 million, with plans to repay the loan by selling its current sites. |
| 2015 | Named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for, with 449 full-time equivalent staff and a low sickness absence rate of 0.92%. |
| November 2015 | Paul Burstow, a former Minister of State for Care and Support, was appointed as Chair of the Trust. |
| 2010 | The Trust began diversifying its clinical services, introducing new programs like the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Milton Keynes and the City and Hackney community psychotherapy service. |
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