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Menopause screening to be included in NHS health checks from next year
- NHS health checks will include questions about menopause starting next year, benefiting millions of women, as announced by Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
- Streeting stated that many women suffer in silence, and this change aims to provide them with needed visibility and support.
- Dame Lesley Regan noted that 400,000 women in the UK will become menopausal this year, but most lack knowledge about symptoms.
- Mariella Frostrup described the inclusion of menopause in health checks as a major leap forward for women and the economy.
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Questions on menopause to be included in NHS health checks for the first time
NHS health checks are offered to eligible people between 40 and 74, looking for those at risk of conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
·London, United Kingdom
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