Calls are growing for the Government to act as two in three pharmacists have shortages of drugs on a daily basis amid worsening access to HRT.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced on Sunday that he intends to appoint an HRT tsar amid a shortage of medication which has left menopausal 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.
