Digging into the Government’s Response to the Menopause Proposals

Yeah. It’s a dog. But it’s digging. And it’s enjoying it as much as I do! Photo credit- Janusz Maniak on Unsplash

It’s disappointing. Of course it is. But I wanted to dig into the reports and see what’s behind the headlines. If you want to check it out yourself, here’s the government response to the proposals and and the British Menopause Society’s response to that response.

The government has accepted a number of recommendations on the Women and Equalities Commission report into menopause.

1. They have accepted the need for the dissemination of good quality accurate information about menopause and that the government should lead on this. This includes improving education in schools about menopause and perimenopause — something which many of the people I work with have been keen to see. This will include resources and training for the teachers who will teach it. I’m disappointed that it’s not included in the Biology curriculum as well as RHSE — but perhaps I’m biased. As an ex-Biology teacher I do believe in the value of having that scientific understanding of how our bodies work.
2. The government partly accepts the need for better training of GPs. They don’t accept that just one doctor in a practice takes responsibility but they feel that all GPs should have appropriate knowledge and training. They believe that the training is already available and that it is the responsibility of GPs to access it…