Alison O'Connor: What's next after women shared their intimate menopause issues?

There is a drastic shortfall in proper medical care for women whose bodies are simply crying out for oestrogen replacement

It was a chat with a female GP acquaintance of around my own age. We were discussing matters menopause, a stage of life relevant to both of us. She recalled how, back then, as a young doctor, she used to view those women coming into her surgery, as the “heart sink patients”.

Needless to say, after the passage of years, she is in a different place now. In her opinion, less than 10% of women get through these years of hormone depletion unscathed. That’s a hell of a lot of women who could do with help with a lot of issues. As the British Department of Health recently tweeted, there are 34 different symptoms of menopause and every woman will have a different experience of it.