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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Claire Cohen

Inside the HRT crisis driving women to the brink

Prescriptions for HRT have more than doubled in England over the past five years, according to NHS data

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Sarah Fraser sighs when I ask her about the impact of the HRT shortage on the women she knows.

“I have a few that are suicidal,” she replies. “One woman said that without the support of the group, she probably would have taken her own life that day. It was awful. But that’s how serious this subject is.”

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