There's this idea that it's OK for women to suffer

TV doctor and full-time GP Dr Amir Khan speaks out on medical misogyny as he and TV presenter Cherry Healey launch a new podcast on women's health.

- By SARA KEENAN

HEART OF THE MATTER: Dr Amir Khan and Cherry Healey tackle gritty health subjects on their new podcast

"WOMEN’S health is an everyone issue," says television presenter and health advocate Cherry Healey.

“A lot of people don’t feel listened to when they go to the doctor,” the 44-year-old says. “They often end up Googling or checking on TikTok to try to find information and self-diagnosing.”

But, “the internet is wild and you can really scare yourself.”

A 2022 YouGov survey found that 80% of women say they don’t feel heard by their doctors.#

To address this, Cherry has launched a podcast, No Appointment Necessary, alongside full-time GP and author Dr Amir Khan, a resident doctor for ITV's Lorraine and Good Morning Britain. It aims to offer trusted, no-nonsense health advice to help women feel heard and understood.

“One of the purposes of this podcast is to get everything you need to know about subjects like UTIs, alcohol, libido, weight-loss jabs and everything else in half an hour, so you can equip yourself to go to the GP if you do manage to get an appointment.

“We want the podcast to be really entertaining and fun," Cherry adds. "But the root of it is that it has to be an incredibly useful health resource for women and men, because women's health is not just a women's issue. We're often the glue that holds the society and community together so when we're not OK, everyone is not OK because of the ripple effect.”