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She felt the minor would offer a good change of pace from her other, “intensive” coursework.

They will all have reached puberty, but will be younger than 16 - and will have to meet strict criteria, undergo intensive medical and psychological screening before they are allowed to start taking puberty blockers.

“For high-need, high-risk cases, this intensive approach is not ‘extra’ — it’s critical for progress.”

But it is in fact an email a 40-year-old Dr Matt Morgan wrote to his wife, scared he would not survive the coronavirus pandemic on the intensive care ward at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.

Over the next month some hospitals do come under severe pressure with intensive care units spilling into corridors and side rooms.