PRESCRIPTION charges for critical HRT drugs should be scrapped, MPs have said. And they want all women aged 45 to be offered a NHS check to better prepare them for the menopause. It begins around t…
The APPG said: "The NHS must implement a health check for all women at the age of 45, offered in a similar way to"This is crucial to ensure women are engaged with the health system ahead of or in the early stages of perimenopause, help diagnose menopause at an earlier stage and ensure women are better prepared.”One witness told the APPG’s year-long inquiry: “[I was] routinely offeredAnother woman suspected she was in the early stage of menopause aged 39, but was turned away by her GP.
Some 18 months later she was "almost at the verge of collapsing, struggling to keep my usually happy marriage on track and not functioning”.
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