Streeting relaunches Women’s Health Strategy to tackle 'medical misogyny'

Health secretary Wes Streeting formally relaunched the NHS women's health strategy, saying the service has a "problem with basic, everyday sexism" and pledging to stop doctors gaslighting women. Streeting announced commitments to improve diagnosis and pain relief and unveiled a new £1.5 million FemTech fund to support women-specific health technology. He framed the relaunch around government data showing women in England spend more time in poor health than men and said the strategy will target underdiagnosis and inadequate treatment that prolongs suffering for women.