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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

Tuesday briefing: What the Angela Rayner story tells us about misogyny in Westminster

In today’s newsletter: Archie Bland and Nimo Omer speak to MPs and peers about the toxic environment for women in parliament

The Guardian - UK

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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

The Independent UK

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

‘Further traumatised’ families reject new chair of Nottingham maternity review

Some families have said they have no confidence in the process

Nottingham Post

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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

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

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

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid plans review of impact of gender dysphoria treatment

Data must be provided on the experience of children undergoing care, says health secretary

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

Health secretary Sajid Javid urges men over 60 to take up free bowel cancer tests

The disease is curable if caught in the early stages

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Health Secretary urges men over 60 to take up free bowel cancer tests

Sajid Javid, whose own father died of bowel cancer, is calling on the at-risk group to use the free screening tests.

The Guardian - UK

Javid orders inquiry into NHS gender identity services for under-18s – reports

The health secretary is planning an overhaul of services offered to young people who question their gender identity, the Times reports

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid prepares crackdown to make gender hormone treatment harder for children

Clinics ’overly affirmative’ and ‘ideological’ in agreeing to life-altering puberty blockers, health secretary believes

Nottingham Post

Health secretary appoints new chair to investigate baby deaths at Nottingham hospitals

It falls short of a full public inquiry

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Daily Mirror

UK Covid daily deaths hit 646 but three in five patients in hospital for something else

The latest Covid data shows 646 new deaths were announced today - the highest daily figure since February 17 - but the NHS says most coronavirus patients are primarily in hospital for a different condition

Daily Mirror

Where are cheapest Covid lateral flow tests near me? Tesco, Boots and Superdrug

Free lateral flows tests have been scrapped by the government, but supermarkets and pharmacies are still offering them for affordable prices. Here is where to find the cheapest tests near you.

Liverpool Echo

Funding to 'make huge difference' to drug treatment in deprived areas

The funding comes as part of the Government's 10 year strategy into drug treatment and recovery

The Independent UK

More than 11,000 Covid vaccine volunteers have decided to join NHS

Sajid Javid welcomes figures, saying those making the transition are in for ‘rewarding careers’

The Independent UK

Cancer patients face ‘distressing’ wait for treatment due to missed targets

The Lib Dems said the figures emphasised the need to hire more cancer nurses to deal with the backlog.

The Independent UK

Cabinet ministers refuse to publicly declare offshore interests and non-dom status

Exclusive: Only a handful of the UK’s most senior politicians rule out links to tax havens or use of non-dom status

Bristol Post

MP writes to Sajid Javid over young woman's treatment at Southmead Hospital

The MP called for "an urgent review" of the case

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