The menopause can be hugely disruptive and damaging for women and their families, and cause issues with their work life too – yet there is still a frightening lack of information about what people should expect.
In 2019, the Department for Education made it mandatory for menopause to be included in the school curriculum. But as it stands, 90% of postmenopausal women never had a lesson about the menopause.
Furthermore, 60% of women only started looking for information about it once their symptoms had started.
