Dr Hilary Cass

Dr Hilary Cass was appointed by NHS England and NHS Improvement to chair the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for children and young people in late 2020. 

A former President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from 2012-2015, Dr Cass has recently stepped down from her role as Chair of Together for Short Lives, and remains as a Trustee for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. 

Since retiring from clinical practice, she has established a group leading work on how to address the challenges for both families and professionals in supporting the rising numbers of children with complex medical conditions and disability.  

She remains an honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust. Other recent roles include acting as the Senior Clinical Advisor for Child Health for Health Education England and Chair of the British Academy of Childhood Disability. 

Dr Cass held a range of senior education and management roles and was previously Head of School of Paediatrics in London. Her consultant clinical practice was as a tertiary neurodisability consultant. Dr Cass was closely involved in the development of paediatric palliative care services at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.  

She was awarded the OBE for services to child health in 2015.