The fight against medical misogyny has a long way to go | Letters

Ethnicity, culture and access continue to shape who is believed, how quickly, and with what outcome, says Vanessa Haye I welcome the relaunched women’s health strategy ( Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’, 14 April ) but with caution. The system appears responsive, but the root causes in health inequality outcomes remain untouched. It names urgent issues many women have long experienced: navigating the gynaecology referral queue that would stretch over 191 miles (if waiting in person), medical gaslighting, delayed diagnoses and systemic bias. Continue reading...

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