New measures to stop NHS 'failing women'

THE NHS is "failing women" the Health Secretary has said, as he announced a sweeping range of measures to stop women being "gaslit" by the health service.

- ELLA PICKOVER

Reforms will be put in place to tackle "outdated and misogynistic practices" around pain relief for invasive procedures and women will be given powers to contribute to the withholding of payments for services if they have a poor experience, the Department of Health and Social Care said.

Officials said action will be taken to make sure women no longer face long waits for diagnoses for women's health problems such as endometriosis, a painful condition which can take up to a decade to diagnose.

Wes Streeting said women have been "let down" by the healthcare system for too long as he launched a renewed Women's Health Strategy.