Dismissal of women’s health problems as ‘benign’ leading to soaring NHS lists

Exclusive: Gender bias means debilitating gynaecological conditions are played down, says RCOG president

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Doctors' routine dismissal of women's debilitating health problems as benign" has contributed to gynaecology waiting lists soaring by 60% to more than half a million patients, a senior health leader has said.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) president, Dr Edward Morris, told the Guardian that waiting lists for conditions such as endometriosis, prolapse and heavy bleeding had increased by a bigger proportion than any other area of medicine in the past two years.