Care & services

The NHS has been urged to update its website after PCOS was renamed PMOS, or polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. Last week, the condition, thought to affect about one in eight women, was given a new name after a 14-year effort involving medical experts, charities and women with lived experience of the disorder. However, the NHS [...]

A rare pregnancy complication has led to emergency surgery, including hysterectomies, after staff failed to detect it in affected women. Scores of women have come forward to tell their stories of how they were affected by placenta accreta spectrum, or PAS, since the launch in February of a campaign to raise awareness among NHS staff [...]

Women’s HealthX has announced its lineup of healthcare trailblazers speaking on Chronic Disease Management, alongside other specialisations including Fertility, Sexual Health, Maternity, Menopause and Cognitive Health, taking a holistic approach to women’s health. It will bring together 750+ leaders across pharma, health systems, and innovation to address one of the most urgent and underexamined challenges [...]

Women have described being dismissed and left in serious pain during routine hysteroscopy examinations, with many given little or no pain relief. Users of parenting forum Mumsnet who underwent hysteroscopy procedures also shared concerns about receiving unclear information before treatment and being given little or no pain relief afterwards. Some women, who described feeling physically [...]

A new NHS North West pathway aims to improve treatment and cut waits for people with endometriosis. The pathway, launched in Cheshire and Merseyside, brings together primary care, secondary care and public health to reduce waiting times and recognise the condition earlier. Endometriosis affects one in 10 women aged 15 to 45 and currently takes [...]

Experts are calling for urgent action to improve type 2 diabetes care for women with early-onset disease before, during and after pregnancy. A new consensus statement from clinicians and researchers across the UK and Ireland sets out critical gaps in current knowledge and priorities for future research to better support women and their babies. Type [...]

Women in Scotland wait more than 10 years on average for an endometriosis diagnosis, according to a survey conducted by Endometriosis UK. The charity, which raises awareness and aims to improve the lives of women with the condition, said the average diagnosis time is now 10 years and two months. That is an increase from [...]

Nearly 70 per cent of NHS regions in England fund only one IVF cycle for women under 40, breaking national guidelines, new research has found. Twenty-nine of the 42 integrated care boards, which control local NHS budgets, now offer only one round of treatment, after four reduced access in the past year. National [...]

London’s shifting population is holding down breast screening uptake, experts have said, with the capital at 62.8 per cent in 2024, below the NHS’s acceptable 70 per cent threshold. The London Assembly Health Committee recently heard that the capital faces distinct challenges compared with the rest of the country and that these issues must be [...]

A Common Surgery with Outsized Consequences Hysterectomy and myomectomy are among the most frequently performed surgeries worldwide. Minimally invasive and robotic approaches have delivered clear benefits at the point of care, including shorter hospital stays, faster recovery, and fewer complications. To remove the uterus or fibroids through small incisions, surgeons use a technique known as [...]