29/09/2026
What can we do to get health professionals to listen and act when women and girls ask for help with their heavy periods?
This was the question at an event organised by the Haemophilia Society at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool today, which brought together some of the leading voices in women’s health.
The event, called ‘Menstrual health: Time to listen, time to change’, discussed how we can improve the healthcare system so that women and girls are listened to and are able to access the care that they need.
The panellists were Olivia Bailey MP, Chair of Women and Equalities Committee, Dame Lesley Regan, Women’s Health Ambassador for England, Dr Jo Traunter, THS trustee who lives with von Willebrand disorder and Dr Nikki Curry, Associate Professor of Haematology and Consultant Haematologist.
The event was designed to raise awareness that one in five women with heavy menstrual bleeding may have an under-diagnosed bleeding disorder. Panellists were concerned that women’s health research — including the potential link between bleeding disorders and endometriosis — is inadequate.
The discussion picked up on themes raised in a report on the treatment and care of women and girls with a bleeding disorder which was published by THS last year.
