Women waiting at least five months for complex menopause treatment

The menopause service at the National Maternity Hospital only sees women in person between 3pm and 6pm every Tuesday — and only sees women from five counties. File picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews 

Critical understaffing has left women waiting more than five months to get initial contact from one of the State’s menopause clinics with concerns raised of a postcode lottery system.

Women who have complex issues or may have had treatment for diseases such as cancer are referred to the specialist clinics through their GPs.