Consultant calls for greater workplace support for women in menopause

Dr Cathy Casey, consultant with UL Hospital Group in Nenagh Hospital in the only HSE menopause clinic outside of Dublin. Picture: Brian Arthur

Awareness programmes on the impact of menopause in the workplace are urgently needed, a leading expert has said.

Dr Cathy Casey, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist with a special interest in menopause at the University of Limerick Hospital Group, said that awareness is improving — but not fast enough.