MPs call for menopause to be protected characteristic in UK Equality Act

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MPs call for menopause to be protected characteristic in UK Equality Act
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Amendment would include duty for employers to provide reasonable adjustments for menopausal employees

Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPAPhotograph: Tolga Akmen/EPAMPs have called for menopause to be a protected characteristic and for a special ambassador to keep women in the workplace, after a report showed the UK is currently “haemorrhaging talent”.

The MPs are also urging ministers to remove dual prescription charges for oestrogen and progesterone as part of hormone replacement therapy , replacing it with a single charge. It also criticised an “unacceptable” postcode lottery for access to specialist care and recommends there should be a specialist menopause service in every clinical commissioning group.

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