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The Latest Breaking News from HRT

Women risking their health to source HRT amid shortages, UK GP chief warns

Exclusive: Women forced to turn to black market or share drugs as concerns rise over mental and physical impact

The Guardian - UK

HRT isn’t a ‘lifestyle drug’. For women like me, these UK shortages are a disaster

The new ‘HRT tsar’ must urgently resolve the supply crisis, says Conservative MP Caroline Nokes

The Guardian - UK

Shortage of HRT in London is ‘massive problem’

One pharmacy in Highgate told the Standard that it had been ‘hell’ dealing with the number of inquiries from desperate patients

Evening Standard

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Why is there a shortage of HRT in the UK?

Demand outpacing supply and disruption to manufacturing leaving menopausal women struggling to access key treatments as health secretary promises tsar to address crisis

The Independent UK

What is Hormone Replacement Therapy and why is there a shortage?

Hormone Replacement Therapy, or HRT, is experiencing shortages in the UK. HRT is used to help women through the menopause and helps to treat certain other conditions

Daily Mirror

Manufacturers struggle to keep up with soaring demand for HRT

Requests for the therapy soared after Davina McCall’s menopause documentary in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Pharmacists call for urgent law change to deal with acute HRT shortage

Women who rely on the medicine to treat menopause symptoms have reported feeling suicidal without it

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Sajid Javid urged to relax law as women forced to travel miles to find HRT

Exclusive: pharmacists say they should be allowed more easily to dispense substitute medicines as shortages take toll in England

The Guardian - UK

Pharmacists suffer 'aggression from patients' due to medicine shortages, poll finds

A survey by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, which represents more than 11,000 chemists across the country, found 67% of its members are facing supply problems daily

Daily Mirror

‘It’s looking bleak’: how HRT shortages have affected women in England

Manufacturing and supply issues have forced women to turn to private sector to access medication

The Guardian - UK

Women left 'feeling suicidal' amid supply shortage of drug used to treat symptoms of the menopause

Some women have resulted to sharing their prescriptions of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - which is used to help improve the debilitating symptoms of the menopause

Manchester Evening News

What is HRT and why are there shortages in the UK?

Britain is experiencing an acute shortage of hormone replacement therapy, which is used by about 1 million women in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Mum, 33, forced into early menopause by cervical cancer treatment

Sophie Davies had not long given birth to her daughter when she received the devastating diagnosis

Manchester Evening News

Sajid Javid must take action on HRT shortage, say campaigners

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.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Young mother is forced into early menopause at 32 after postponing her smear test for six months

Shropshire mum-of-one Sophie Davies, 33, was diagnosed with cervical cancer after second smear, aged 29, in 2017, and had radical hysterectomy at 32

Wales Online

Mum's 'crushing' diagnosis after she had to put off smear test for six months

Sophie Davies was forced into early menopause and said she feared for her sanity

The Independent UK

Health Secretary should tackle hormone replacement therapy shortage, says MP

Sajid Javid has announced he intends to appoint a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tsar amid a shortage of medication which has left women desperate.

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid to appoint hormone replacement therapy tsar

Sajid Javid has announced his intention to appoint an HRT tsar amid shortages of medication for the condition

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The Guardian - UK

Sajid Javid to appoint HRT tsar to address acute shortages

Health secretary announces plan to tackle lack of products that has led to menopausal women turning to black market

The Guardian - UK

Tell us how you have been affected by HRT shortages in the UK

We would like to hear from women who have been affected by shortages of hormone replacement therapy

The Independent UK

Women struggling to ‘sleep and work competently’ due to HRT shortages, says MP

The UK has experienced a nationwide shortage of the drugs since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Women struggling to ‘sleep and work competently’ amid England’s HRT shortages

Ex-minister Nokes says women suffering due to lack of medication for treating menopausal symptoms

GoodToKnow

A GP and Advanced Menopause Specialist on how to identify and manage symptoms of menopause

An Advanced Menopause Specialist explains the common symptoms of menopause, how they are treated and shares advice for how to manage them

Woman & Home

The pros and cons of HRT - and all you need to know about hormone replacement therapy

There are pros and cons of HRT, just like anything else. Here, the doctors reveal what you need to know before making a decision

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