Extracts from Westminster debate on Menopausal Symptoms: Support - June 9
Thursday, 10 June 2021 08:26
Rosie Duffield (Canterbury) (Lab) [V]:...We need to end the
postcode lottery or luck element of menopause support. All GP
surgeries should have someone available to advise or support women,
or should display a poster, so that they know what they are going
through is perfectly normal. GPs and healthcare professionals can
inform women about local support groups and menopause cafés. We
need easy access to fully funded HRT treatment. Men too should also
familiarise themselves with some of the...Request free trial
(Canterbury) (Lab) [V]:...We need to end the
postcode lottery or luck element of
menopause support. All GP surgeries should have someone available
to advise or support women, or should display a poster, so that
they know what they are going through is perfectly normal. GPs and
healthcare professionals can inform women about local support
groups and menopause cafés. We need easy access to fully funded HRT
treatment. Men too should also familiarise themselves with some of
the facts. After all, most people in the UK are female and at some
point will go through the menopause. I urge everyone to log onto
pausitivity.co.uk or watch the excellent documentary produced by
Davina McCall for Channel 4 recently....
(Warrington North) (Lab):...It is similarly
clear that we can do better to ensure that GPs fully appreciate the
benefits and proper use of HRT. Women deserve to have clear and
up-to-date facts when they make such important medical decisions
about their bodies. They must not suffer a postcode lottery if some GPs have
unhelpful prejudices. How will the Government ensure that?
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