To help boys have a better awareness of female health issues, schools will be instructed to stop dividing students for sex education lessons.
As part of a ten-year women’s health strategy for England that was just unveiled, doctors will also receive more training on contraception and the menopause.
Ministers seek to combat the “medical misogyny” mentality that makes it difficult for women to receive the same level of care as males.
The goal of the government is to guarantee that women and girls “have their complaints taken seriously.”
It happens after 84% of respondents to a consultation said that women frequently feel unheard when they ask the NHS for assistance.
Schools are being urged not to separate boys and girls for lectures on relationships, sex, and health, but will instead begin teaching students about women’s health, including the menopause, “from an early age.”
This will raise awareness, the approach claimed, and ensure that “topics like menstrual health, contraception, and menopause are no longer taboo themes.”
As part of the revisions, the General Medical Council will evaluate medical students on women’s health, including issues like menopause, obstetrics, and gynaecology.
In addition to receiving specialised instruction, staff completing training to become general practitioners or physiotherapists will also have access to other courses that will supplement their education.
More doctors will as a result have a stronger fundamental grasp of women’s health, according to the policy.
There will be a push to remove the “postcode lottery” in access to IVF treatment, which now sees some places offering one round and others three, as part of a number of undertakings.
The first Women’s Health Strategy for England pledges to increase the number of “one-stop clinics” and female health centres.
The health and care system historically has been created by men for men, according to the research.
According to the plans, invitations for screening should always be sent to non-binary individuals and transgender men with female reproductive organs so they may obtain cervical and breast cancer screening.
Our health and care system only functions if it works for everyone, according to Health Secretary Steve Barclay.
It is not acceptable, he said, that 51% of our people face barriers to receiving the treatment they require just because of their sexual orientation.
“This strategy’s release marks a watershed moment in eliminating ingrained disparities and enhancing the health and wellbeing of women.”