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Hundreds of women who are “plunged into surgical menopause” are “being failed by the NHS”, says a menopause support campaigner.
Diane Danzebrink, 58, from Norfolk, has called for an urgent review of surgical menopause care to ensure all clinicians know how to prepare their patients.
Ms Danzebrink, who founded Menopause Support, said awareness had improved significantly, but “we haven’t seen change fundamentally to ensure every woman has access to good quality care at the time that she needs it”.
About 74.5% of the women surveyed were not made aware of the side effects of having both ovaries removed, according to a survey of 521 UK-based women.
Ms Danzebrink, also part of the Make Menopause Matter campaign, said that women were not being told about the risks of premature menopause and were not being offered hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to help alleviate symptoms.
“I’m dumbfounded by the fact the organisation that represents the clinicians who are going to be removing ovaries doesn’t feel it needs either information for the public or guidance for clinicians,” she said.
Dr Ranee Thakar, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said the organisation had a policy of avoiding duplication of guidance to ensure consistency with established nationally recognised guidelines.
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