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Ross Lydall

Sajid Javid must take action on HRT shortage, say campaigners

Figures suggest the number of HRT prescriptions in the UK has more doubled in the last five years (James Manning/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

An acute shortage of hormone replacement therapy medicines should be tackled by the Health Secretary rather than being delegated to a “HRT czar”, a campaigner said on Monday.

It came as Sir Rod Stewart became the latest celebrity to join calls for Government action on menopause, following his wife Penny Lancaster, Davina McCall and Mariella Frostrup.

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