Menopause is universal, but HRT deficiency is a unique British problem.
Besins Healthcare, which produces Oestrogel, the HRT product with the most severe shortages, supplies 90 countries. However, the company acknowledged: “Increased demand for estrogel has been observed only in the United Kingdom.”
Women across the UK are struggling to find estrogen gel and other prescribed HRT products. Two-thirds of pharmacies reported daily shortages, and three-quarters of pharmacy staff said they had experienced aggression from patients as a result. “The HRT crisis is putting women’s lives in danger,” a front page warned last week.
Louise Newson, a menopausal doctor, Mariela Frostrup, Labor MP Carolyn Harris, Penny Lancaster and Devina McCall with protesters in front of Parliament in October, protesting against prescription fees in England for HRT
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Faced with such headlines and frightened by the fury of high-ranking women, the government jumped into action. On Thursday, Sajid Javid, the health minister, was appointed
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