Introduction

Women spend a significantly greater proportion of their lives in ill health and disability compared with men, despite having a longer life expectancy in the UK. This is partly due to some aspects of our healthcare system, which are failing women.

We need a system that listens to women's voices, as there is not enough of a focus on women-specific issues like miscarriage or menopause and women are under-represented when it comes to important clinical trials. In addressing this challenge of improving women’s health, developing centralised accessible care, better diagnosis, and new treatments is key.