Embracing change

Every woman should be invited for an NHS health check at 45 to discuss the menopause, MPS have said. A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Menopause said women are being let down during this life stage, with better workplace support and fresh training on symptoms for health workers among the suggestions. The committee also urged the Government to make HRT free in England, as it is in the devolved nations, and bust the myths around its use. Committee chair Carolyn Harris said: ‘We are beginning to feel the tide of change, but the taboo around the menopause still prevails.’