‘I’m not being listened to’ – new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored

Posted: 16th April 2026

Source: Women’s health strategy: ‘I still don’t feel listened to’ – BBC News

Zoe Trafford often had to play the role of agony aunt to her customers. But the hairdresser in Liverpool told the BBC there came a point when the roles had to be reversed – the customers in her salon had to instead listen to her problems.

Zoe has had endometriosis, which can cause severe pain and heavy bleeding, since she was a teenager. For years, doctors told her she just had bad periods.

She first spoke to BBC News in 2022, when a women’s health strategy for England was published by the Conservative government.

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