Menopause health checks for all women over 40 are unworkable, say GPs

A demand for the NHS to offer menopause health checks to every woman over the age of 40 has been rejected as unworkable by family doctors.The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is also concerned that a manifesto produced by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the menopause could over-medicalise a stage of life that many women successfully manage with lifestyle changes alone.The group is calling on all political parties to commit to major changes in services for menopausal women. In addition to the routine health checks, changes include adding the menopause as a marker in the GP quality and outcomes framework “to incentivise GPs to improve menopause diagnosis, treatment, and care.” It also wants an evaluation conducted of female specific testosterone treatments with a view to getting what it describes as this “essential treatment option” licensed in the UK.Although the APPG is made up of elected MPs there is…
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