Physical, emotional and economic cost of underfunded women's health

WOMEN often suffer ill health in silence. When we complain, we have historically often been ignored. The word 'hysterical, which is often used to belittle women's reactions, literally means “of the womb”

- Jayne Kirkham MP

This lack of investment in women's health has greatly affected the lives of women and continues to do so. It also affects the British economy, which is sadly maybe the best way to get it noticed and to get change. The NHS Confederation Women's Health Economics report, published last year, estimates that the amount of money the UK economy lost due to painful periods, endo-