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Endometriosis care needs urgent improvement, MPs say – BBC News
The condition, which causes severe pain and heavy periods, takes eight years on average to be diagnosed.
By Georgie BevanBBC News
media captionLiving with the ‘invisible pain’ of endometriosis
Endometriosis care across the UK needs urgent improvement and diagnosis times need to be cut in half, a report by MPs says.
It found an average wait for a diagnosis was eight years and that has not improved in more than a decade.
Endometriosis affects one in 10 women in the UK and causes debilitating pain, very heavy periods and infertility.
Nadine Dorries, minister for women’s health, said awareness wa…
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