30/04/2026
📣This Get Lippy month we want to encourage everyone to chat to their GP not ChatGPT if they are worried about gynae health symptoms.
We ran 25 test scenarios with ChatGPT, where we posed as patients with key symptoms of the five gynae cancers.
Our testing of found serious concerns, with it missing ovarian and vulval cancer as potential causes of leading symptoms, giving inaccurate or outdated information and giving inappropriate medical advice.
When we posed as a patient with persistent bloating for more than three weeks, it did not mention ovarian cancer as a potential cause, even though this is one of the leading symptoms . While it did recommend seeing a doctor, it kept offering diet advice and tips around dealing with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS is a benign condition that patients with ovarian cancer are commonly misdiagnosed with. Ovarian cancer still wasn’t mentioned even when we explained that the hypothetical patient had already changed their diet and their bloating was getting worse.
Vulval cancer was also missed as a potential cause of vulval itching. Even when we gave details of vulval itching which exactly matched how it would present if it was a sign of cancer, like it hadn’t improved with over-the-counter medicines and was worse at night.
We are particularly worried because more and more people are turning to ChatGPT and other platforms like it for health information and advice. We surveyed over 2000 women in the UK (YouGov, March 2026) and found that AI platforms have overtaken social media as places women go to with their gynae health questions and concerns.
1 in 10 women with gynae health concerns had gone to AI platforms like ChatGPT for advice and information. Only 1 in 3 of them felt encouraged to see a doctor and only 16% said they didn’t fully trust the information.
Through the month of May we will be Getting Lippy and loud about the dangers of mis and disinformation and sharing our toolkit on how to pick out trusted information.
Read more about the news and find our toolkit (from Patient Information Forum resources) on:
https://eveappeal.org.uk/campaigns/get-lippy/
You can get involved in Get Lippy by buying a participating product in May, donating to The Eve Appeal (full list will be on our website from May 1). Also follow us and share our life-saving information and tips.