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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
William Janes

Sajid Javid to appoint hormone replacement therapy tsar

PA Wire

The Health Secretary has announced he intends to appoint a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tsar amid a shortage of medication which has left women desperate.

The news comes as many women are reportedly sharing their prescriptions, with some said to be made suicidal by the debilitating menopause symptoms they suffer without the medication.

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