A document 2.6 million ladies in England took HRT final yr as celebrities raised consciousness of medication to alleviate menopause signs.
The determine was up 12 per cent from 2.3 million in 2022/23 and double the 1.3 million in 2018/19, in line with new NHS information.
The variety of prescriptions for hormone alternative remedy has additionally risen to a document excessive, with 13 million objects prescribed in 2023/24. That is up a fifth on the earlier yr. HRT replaces the hormones oestrogen, progestogen, or each, in ladies going via the perimenopause or menopause.
It may relieve signs equivalent to nervousness, insomnia and scorching flushes, and is usually administered as gels, lotions, tablets and patches. The Mail has campaigned to enhance entry to HRT and several other high-profile celebrities, together with Penny Lancaster and Davina McCall, have spoken about how the menopause has affected them.
The NHS Hormone Substitute Remedy Prescription Prepayment Certificates has additionally been credited with rising remedy uptake.
Excessive-profile celebrities, together with Penny Lancaster and Davina McCall (pictured), have spoken about how the menopause has affected them
The determine was up 12 per cent from 2.3 million in 2022/23 and double the 1.3 million in 2018/19, in line with new NHS information (inventory picture)Â
Yesterday’s information revealed 100mg tablets of Utrogestan (a sort of progesterone) accounted for the very best variety of objects prescribed in 2023/24 (inventory picture)Â
In line with the NHS web site, the danger of creating critical side-effects on HRT are ‘very low’ (inventory picture)Â
It prices £19.80 for 12 months and might save ladies cash on prescriptions as they now not need to pay for every one individually.
Some 14.5 per cent of prescription objects in 2023/24 concerned utilizing the certificates, rising to 21 per cent in June 2024, in contrast with 9.7 per cent in June 2023.
In line with the NHS web site, the danger of creating critical side-effects on HRT are ‘very low’, though it might result in a small enhance within the danger of breast most cancers.
Yesterday’s information revealed 100mg tablets of Utrogestan (a sort of progesterone) accounted for the very best variety of objects prescribed in 2023/24, rising 42 per cent to 1.3 million objects, up from 940,000 objects in 2022/23.
Sufferers aged 50 to 54 have been most definitely to be prescribed HRT, with 640,000 folks on this age group accounting for nearly 1 / 4 of all sufferers on HRT in 2023/34.
However the information additionally confirmed the wealthiest components of England had greater than twice as many sufferers receiving HRT in contrast with essentially the most disadvantaged areas.
Diane Danzebrink, founding father of Menopause Help, mentioned: ‘It’s actually encouraging to see… nonetheless, it’s regarding {that a} clear divide nonetheless exists.’
Labour MP Carolyn Harris, who’s chairman of the all celebration parliamentary group on menopause, instructed the Each day Mail she was ‘delighted’ with the figures, including: ‘I very a lot welcome this rise in uptake of HRT, which may help relieve signs of the menopause.
Grassroots campaigning has raised consciousness to the purpose the place ladies now query if their signs are as a result of menopause and search out remedy.’
