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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Saffron Otter

'I lost 10 years of my life to the menopause - this is why women need support'

Countless women have been left feeling frustrated and let down by the Government's decision to reject a proposal from MPs to trial 'menopause leave' in England.

Ministers claimed the move could be 'counterproductive', but Claire Hattrick, who says she lost 10 years of her life due to debilitating menopause symptoms, argues they're failing to support half the working population.

The 55-year-old from Hampshire began to suffer from excruciating joint pain in her late thirties, but doctors didn't have an answer.

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