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Nine of ten women have felt palmed off when seeking medical advice from their GP

Published on March 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM

Nine of ten women have felt palmed off when seeking medical advice from their GP

NINE out of ten women have felt palmed off when asking for medical help, a survey found.

Almost half claimed they went to a GP multiple times before being taken seriously.

Mims Davies MP at a Conservative Party conference.
Conservative MP Mims Davies, who has highlighted the issues facing female patients

It comes amid warnings from female patients and staff of “medical misogyny”; in the NHS.

In a poll of 900 customers by private blood test firm Medichecks, 93 per cent felt ignored, and most took matters into their own hands.

Dr Natasha Fernando, of Medichecks, said: “Younger women in particular are often dismissed when seeking medical advice.

“The alarming statistics in this survey highlight just how much work needs to be done to ensure women’s voices are heard and their symptoms taken seriously.”;

More than 600,000 women were waiting to see a gynaecologist last year, official stats show.

In a House of Commons debate in January, Conservative MP Mims Davies said: “For too long, a woman’s experience of the health service has been one of being pushed from pillar to post.

“Crucially, women’s voices have been ignored and responses to their pain, suffering, poor sex lives and traumatic births have been too slow.

“Overall, women have a sense of being forgotten

NHS England promised action, including “additional diagnostic centres and specialist services outside of hospital”;.

A young woman with her face in her hands sits across from a blurred doctor.
Nine out of ten women have felt palmed off when asking for medical help

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