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Partners of women going through menopause will be invited to experience hot flushes using a menopause simulator at a support event in Hull next month. Health group Over The Bloody Moon will bring one of its MenoVests to the Menopaus'ull Support Network event, allowing people to experience a hot flush. Sarah Weichardt, who co-manages the [...]

Short-term oral HRT was linked to a 60 per cent higher rate of serious blood clots in women aged 50 to 69, a large study found. The increased rate was seen among women using oral hormone replacement therapy for less than a year as well as those treated for more than five years. By contrast, [...]

Black mothers across most of England lack targeted maternal mental health support despite facing higher risks during and after pregnancy, a report has found. The analysis found a patchwork of provision across England, with inconsistent data, funding and support for Black women. The vast majority of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) do not commission services specifically [...]

A £254m UK funding package will expand reproductive health access for millions of women and girls across 54 countries. The government said the investment will support family planning for more than 15 million women each year and could prevent 14 million unintended pregnancies and more than 35,000 maternal deaths by 2028. The funding will expand [...]

A health trust will decide how far back to review breast cancer cases after more than 30 women were found to have undergone unnecessary surgery. It has already been established that hundreds of patients came to harm during treatment at the breast unit at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT). The trust has apologised [...]

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UK parents affected by pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will gain a legal right to up to two weeks of unpaid leave from April 2027. The entitlement will cover miscarriage, terminations and unsuccessful IVF embryo transfers, giving those affected a formal right to time away from work following a loss.   It will [...]

Breast cancer patients in Scotland face a postcode lottery that could limit access to two newly approved NHS treatments. The Scottish Medicines Consortium has approved Elacestrant and Capivasertib, which could be life-extending for some people with metastatic breast cancer. Eligibility depends on genetic testing to confirm gene mutations before treatment can be prescribed, but the [...]

A urine and vaginal fluid test could help rule out womb cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding, potentially reducing invasive checks. In a study of 1,864 women with postmenopausal bleeding, the test identified 80 of 99 womb cancers and correctly gave a negative result for 93 per cent of women without the disease. Researchers said [...]

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised after a human error caused 11 years of maternity data to be overwritten. The incident happened during routine technical work on 18 August, when computer instructions intended to create a copy of a radiotherapy database were mistakenly applied to the maternity database. Most of the affected information has [...]