We're sick to death of being patronised

ALL WEEK on my TV show, we've been running VHS — the Vanessa Health Service.

- Vanessa Feltz

There are no prizes for guessing why. Three-quarters of a million women are on waiting lists enduring pain, humiliation, professional paralysis and interminable delay while what used to be called their “women problem” rage untreated.

Our phone lines were inundated as women experiencing everything from breastfeeding problems, cancer and incontinence took advantage of a rare chance to talk to a doctor.