Women has reportedly been left feeling suicidal due to a shortage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) which is used to treat debilitating symptoms of the menopause.
It comes as many women have admitted sharing their prescriptions, trading it in car parks and buying it from abroad, as the lack of available medication is said to have left them feeling 'desperate.'
The Health Secretary has now announced he intends to appoint a hormone replacement therapy tsar, as he told the Mail on Sunday he was "determined" to make sure supplies were meeting the high demand.
