{"id":14722,"date":"2021-06-16T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/?p=14722"},"modified":"2021-06-16T17:00:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:00:19","slug":"women-have-suffered-long-enough-im-determined-to-change-that-carolyn-harris-mp-leads-charge-on-menopause-with-private-members-bill-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/?p=14722","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWomen have suffered long enough: I\u2019m determined to change that\u201d &#8211; Carolyn Harris MP leads charge on Menopause with Private Members Bill launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_682\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carolyn-Di.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-682\" class=\"wp-image-682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carolyn-Di.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carolyn-Di.jpg 498w, https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Carolyn-Di-300x113.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolyn Harris (left) and Diane Danzebrink<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Carolyn Harris, MP for Swansea East, today pledged \u2018a menopause revolution\u2019 as she presented her Menopause Private Members Bill in the House of Commons &#8211; and announced the establishment of an All Party Parliamentary Group on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Following her success in the Private Members Bill Ballot, Carolyn will be allocated Parliamentary time for a debate on her Bill, with the goal that it will eventually pass into law.<\/p>\n<p>A central plank of the Menopause (Support and Services) Bill will exempt Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) from NHS prescription charges in England, as is already the case in Wales and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill will also take in broader issues around menopause rights, entitlements and education, all of which will be explored in greater detail through the newly launched All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Menopause.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/tsin9f789h.jsonp\" async><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script> Di Danzebrink reflects on the significance of the Private Member&#8217;s Bill today (16 June 2021)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_tsin9f789h\" style=\"height: 360px; position: relative; width: 640px;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/tsin9f789h\/swatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carolyn Harris, MP for Swansea East, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor far too long, generation after generation of women have been let down, ignored or simply thrown on the scrap heap as a result of the menopause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite affecting more than half of the world\u2019s population, menopause remains one of the last great taboos &#8211; badly funded and rarely discussed in public. It is also poorly understood: in the workplace, in society at large and far too often, even in the doctor&#8217;s surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that we need both a step change in attitudes, and a change in the law.\u00a0 This starts with the key plank of my Private Members Bill, which asks the NHS in England to follow the lead set in Wales and Scotland and exempt HRT from NHS prescription charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we know that its about far more than money &#8211; it&#8217;s also about attitude and education.\u00a0 That&#8217;s why our new APPG will be so important.\u00a0 This won\u2019t be a talking shop &#8211; it will be a driving force for change.\u00a0 Our menopause inquiry will take in workplace policy, medical school training, public health messaging and school curriculums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the menopause were an illness, or indeed a condition that impacted every man, it\u2019s unlikely that financial support would be so woeful, or public understanding so negligible.\u00a0 Women have suffered long enough &#8211; I am determined to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diane Danzebrink, founder Menopause Support and the #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign, said:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cImproving menopause education, care and support for all women is vital, far too many continue to needlessly suffer in silence and this has to stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to Carolyn Harris for keeping menopause on the parliamentary agenda and for her continued support of the aims of the #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolyn Harris, MP for Swansea East, today pledged \u2018a menopause revolution\u2019 as she presented her Menopause Private Members Bill in the House of Commons &#8211; and announced the establishment of an All Party Parliamentary Group on the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14722"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14730,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14722\/revisions\/14730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}