Now, before you roll your eyes and think “finally catching up, are we?”, yes, it’s taken a while. But this is genuinely a step in the right direction for women’s health. It means that when you go for your NHS Health Check, the one that already looks at things like heart health, blood pressure, and diabetes risk, you’ll now also be asked about your hormones.
Sleep, mood swings, energy, brain fog, period changes, hot flushes, it’s all up for discussion. Which is exactly how it should be!
Because for too long, women have been sent home with the classic “you’re just stressed” or “that’s what happens at your age.” But hormones aren’t “just” anything, they shape our entire physical and emotional health. When they shift, everything shifts.
So yes, finally, menopause is getting a proper seat at the table.
The biggest win here? It’s about prevention. And I cant say that word enough! PREVENTION!
The whole idea is to catch hormonal changes earlier, before they start wrecking sleep, work, relationships, and sanity. It also means that women who might not realise what’s going on (because perimenopause can look a lot like stress or burnout) can get the right help faster.
It’s also about normalising the conversation. When something becomes part of a standard NHS check, it sends a message: this is not niche, embarrassing, or “just women’s stuff.” It’s health, full stop.
And this isn’t just about menopause. It’s about all the transitions women go through, from periods and pregnancy, to postpartum and perimenopause, finally being recognised as key health touch-points, not things we’re left to figure out in the group chat at 11pm.
This change won’t happen overnight. It’ll take time to roll out, and some GPs will need better training and support. But progress starts with visibility, and that’s what this is.
So next time you get that NHS letter inviting you for a health check, please go! Take your list of questions, your cycle notes, your weird symptoms that come and go, and bring them all up. You deserve to be listened to, properly.
This news feels hopeful, not because the system’s suddenly perfect, but because women are finally being heard.
At THOH, this is what we’re all about! Bringing women the knowledge, experts, and tools to understand their hormones and advocate for their health with confidence. So we’ll be watching this rollout closely and sharing updates in our Sunday mailers (and of course, in The MOB community).
Because your health check should check in with all of you, and that includes your hormones!
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