Workplaces 'should cater for menopause as they do for pregnancy'

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Workplaces should start catering for the menopause in a comparable way to pregnancy, according to one of Britain's leading women's health experts.

Myra Hunter, emeritus professor of clinical health psychology at King's College London said that menopausal symptoms remained a "taboo issue" in many workplaces and, while policies to support pregnant women are now standard, there is still little awareness of the impact that the menopause can have on women who are often at the peak of their career.