Mariella Frostrup, Chair of the Menopause Mandate unveils their newest campaign, outlining 7 pledges to boost menopause awareness on World Menopause Day (18th October 2023)

World Menopause Day, held on the 18th of October yearly, is a day to boost awareness for girls through the at times difficult stages of menopause, with a view to break stigmas and highlight the necessity for more support within the UK healthcare systems.

Mariella Frostrup, a British journalist and TV presenter, has been positioned on the forefront of this issue for menopausal women as she heads the Menopause Mandate campaign as Chair.

The aim of this non-profit organisation is to not only provide advice for girls who’re experiencing perimenopause and menopause, but additionally to boost awareness to our health services and governmental organisations by emphasising the necessity for more support.

they found that 90 per cent of ladies felt that their quality of life has suffered because of this of their menopausal symptoms

Earlier today, Frostrup appeared on the BBC Breakfast show in light of World Menopause Day to clarify the efforts recently made by the APPG’s Menopause Manifesto within the House of Commons, in support of the Menopause Mandate campaign.

As reported on the BBC this morning, ‘the manifesto goals to tackle the lack of awareness amongst policy makers, the general public, and employers.’

The Menopause Manifesto conducted a survey during which they found that 90 per cent of ladies felt that their quality of life has suffered because of this of their menopausal symptoms.

Frostrup highlighted during her interview on the BBC that the survey also found 96 per cent of ladies have self diagnosed their menopause, with only 12 per cent checking out about it from a health skilled, adding ‘that’s not adequate within the twenty first century.’

The Menopause Menifesto has outlined 7 ways during which the governmental and healthcare services are in a position to tackle this on-going struggle for girls across the UK.

Here’s what they’ve listed because the pledges below:

• #1 Integrate menopause within the free NHS Health Check for girls over 40.
• #2 Establish a National HRT Formulary with standardised local prescribing guidelines.
• #3 Incentivise menopause diagnosis within the GP Quality and Outcomes Framework.
• #4 Require large firms to adopt menopause motion plans with a greater guidance for SMEs.
• #5 Seek to license female-specific testosterone as a vital treatment option.
• #6 Grant more funding for menopause research.
• #7 Assess the gaps in specialist menopause care and increase NHS provision.

In response to what Frostrup thinks in regards to the current state of menopause awareness following the presented manifesto in Parliament, she says, ‘the very fact we’re having to ask for GPs to be higher educated on menopause this present day appears to be pretty tragic in itself.’

Frostrup states that the major point on the MP’s list is the 40+ health check, which might be certain that all women who’re aged 40 and up will get information and support of what they’ll go on to experience at this point of their life.

‘It seems utterly ludicrous that you just go to a health check – and the one thing you don’t discover about is the one thing you’ll absolutely undergo’, Frostrup adds.

We are going to proceed to hold on doing so until basic human rights for girls are respected

One other point made clear from the survey was that one in ten women are leaving the workplace, because of menopause symptoms affecting their work and having no help from employers.

‘We are able to’t afford that, we’re in an economic crisis we want everyone to have the option to perform to full capability.’

When asked what she thinks in regards to the demands being seen in practice across the country, Frostrup responds with ‘absolutely, I believe that every one of them will develop into a reality.’

‘This may make an enormous difference to so many ladies’s lives’, Frostrup says, ‘as considered one of the major things that [women] speak about is an absence of data.’

‘Loads of noise has been made within the last couple of years, but not a whole lot of tangible progress. We are going to proceed to hold on doing so until basic human rights for girls are respected in relation to healthcare.’