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The gender health gap has been the elephant in the room for too long. It is a known fact that despite living longer than men, women spend a greater proportion of their life in ill health and have been battling with a system which is not designed for them and is not listening to them.
As two women who have worked in the healthcare profession, we know first-hand the system needs to change and how important it is for us to get this right.
There is concrete evidence that conditions which affect women such as heavy menstrual bleeding, endometriosis, pregnancy-related issues and the menopause are overlooked — we can both recall occasions where women’s symptoms have not been listened to or their pain has been
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