Women who rely on the medicine have reported feeling suicidal without it.
A simple law change around prescribing could help ease the treatment crisis facing many women going through the menopause, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society says.
A survey by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee suggests medicine supply-chain problems are a daily issue for many pharmacies - affecting two-thirds of the 5,000 premises representatives they spoke with. RPS president Prof Claire Anderson said: "Difficulties in accessing HRT unfairly impacts women, affects their mental health and worsens health inequalities."The government should now go further and end unfair prescription charges for patients in England altogether.
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