Free HRT: The heat is on chemists and doctors at a moment of change

Hormone replacement therapy will be available at no cost to menopausal women starting in January, but will pharmacies be able to meet the demand, and will doctors be allowed to prescribe it based on a patient’s individual needs?

On October 1, the Government announced it would provide hormone replacement therapy (HRT) free of charge to all menopausal women starting in the new year.

On October 1, the Government announced it would provide hormone replacement therapy (HRT) free of charge to all menopausal women starting in the new year.

“It was a great day for the women of Ireland and their families and friends,” says Laura Dowling, the pharmacist known as @fabulouspharmacist, who has built an online following for her work explaining women’s health issues. “For it’s not only women who are impacted by menopause.