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MENOPAUSE CARE IN NHS Collective Call To Government For Real Improvement in NHS Menopause Care
A collective of menopause and women's health charities, experts and advocates have come together behind a new consensus statement, calling on Government to turn the Renewed Women's Health Strategy for England into real, measurable improvements in NHS menopause care.
The collective is calling for three actions:
Clear national targets for menopause care in the Neighbourhood Health Service, to drive accountability.
Specialist menopause expertise in every neighbourhood, so up to 95% of women can be cared for closer to home.
Sustained, ringfenced funding hubs return around £5 for every £1 plus expansion of the HRT prepayment certificate to cover all menopause medicines.
Together, these actions are aimed at building equity, consistency and accountability into everyday care, helping to ensure more women can access personalised menopause care that reflects their individual circumstances and preferences. » Read more
MENOPAUSE PREFERENCES How Do You Get Information About Menopause?
With much misinformation about menopause now easily accessible, we are keen to understand where you go for menopause information, what you trust and what developments you would like to see.
The results will help us to focus further developments and will be included in an article in the Autumn issue of Menopause Matters magazine. » Read more
YOUR GUT & YOUR BRAIN What's So Important About The Gut-Brain Axis?
This week's Menopause Matters, Let's Talk Podcast is a fascinating insight into the interaction between your gut and your brain. Heather and Ruth are joined by consultant gastroenterologist Dr Elena Eliadou to give you a better understanding about everything.
Reassuringly Elena points out early on in this episode that it’s not your fault things can sometimes become a tad imbalanced. She has a fabulous metaphor which explains what happens when the interaction of various systems in your body go a bit wonky.
Listen to understand what dyspyosis is and what the effect declining & fluctuating levels of estrogen can have on your gut.
Elena importantly flags up the worrying increase in younger people presenting with symptoms of bowel cancer and highlights the alarm - the red flag symptoms, to look out for to enable early diagnosis and treatment.
Getting back to the estrogen…what part does the microbiome play in recycling estrogen in the body and what’s the bio-psycho-social approach all about.
Hear why it’s so important to invest time in yourself and your health and what is one of the easiest, most successful practical tools to learn which can help to combat chronic stress alongside giving you that sense of control back.
We find out if there is a specific menopause diet and why it’s important not only what we eat but how we eat…then there’s gut-directed hypnotherapy and behavioural therapies …do they work?
Be sure you listen to the end to find out Elena’s top 3 takeaway key messages. » Listen here
Menopause Matters information is available via Amazon Alexa
Menopause Matters will be providing answers to some of the most commonly asked questions around menopause via Amazon's cloud-based voice service, Alexa. » Read more
