‘Astounding’ lack of menopause education for Australia’s medical students must be remedied, Mark Butler says

Health minister Mark Butler has said he finds the conclusions of a parliamentary inquiry into menopause ‘shocking’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The federal health minister, Mark Butler, says he is “astounded” that medical students can spend as little as one hour learning about menopause and has signalled that the government is likely to take action after a damning parliamentary inquiry.

On Sunday Butler told the ABC’s Insiders that several inquiries had told a “shameful story” about women’s treatment in Australia’s health system, saying there was more to do after Labor’s “modest investments” in women’s health.