health is consistently deprioritised and overlooked . this report from our health correspondent, catherine burns. in pain, their lives on hold, more than half a million women across the uk are on waiting lists for gynaecology treatment. the bleeding over time, over that year, got heavier and heavier and the pain got worse and worse. i m pretty much housebound now, erm, due to the pain. i have another year and a half to go before i can have my hysterectomy. i the biggest impact for me so far has been on my mental health. it s just. it s just got worse. i m sick of feeling, at 44, like i m 94. like so many other women, pain is a constant companion for lucy reddin. she has endometriosis, which means tissue like the lining of the womb grows in places it shouldn t, including the ovaries. i ll be honest, i ve felt suicidal at times with this condition.
more than 500,000 women across the uk are on waiting lists for gynaecology treatment. the bleeding over time, over that year got heavier and heavier and the pain got worse and worse. i m pretty much house bound now, due to the pain. i have another year and a half to go, before i can have my hysterectomy. the biggest impact for me so far has been on my mental health. it s just it s just got worse. i m sick of feeling at 44 like i m 94. like so many other women, pain is a constant companion for lucy reading. she has endometriosis, which means tissue like the lining of the womb grows in places it shouldn t, including the ovaries. i ll be honest, i ve felt suicidal at times with this condition. the level of pain, you just, you just want it to stop. you just want it to go away. for lucy, endometriosis means she has not been able to have children. now she needs a hysterectomy.
correspondent catherine burns. in pain, their lives on hold, more than half a million women across the uk are on waiting lists for gynaecology treatment. the bleeding over time, over that year, got heavier and heavier and the pain got worse and worse. i m pretty much housebound now, erm, due to the pain. i have another year and a half to go before i can have my hysterectomy. i the biggest impact for me so far has been on my mental health. it s just. it s just got worse. i m sick of feeling, at 44, like i m 94. like so many other women, pain is a constant companion for lucy reddin. she has endometriosis, which means tissue like the lining of the womb grows in places it shouldn t, including the ovaries. i ll be honest, i ve felt suicidal at times with this condition. the level of pain, you just, just want it to stop. you just want it to go away.
our health correspondent catherine burns has this report. in pain, their lives on hold. more than 500,000 women across the uk are on waiting lists for gynaecology treatment. the bleeding over time, over that year got heavier and heavier and the pain got worse and worse. i m pretty much house bound now, due to the pain. i have another year and a half to go, before i can have my hysterectomy. the biggest impact for me so far has been on my mental health. it s just it s just got worse. i m sick of feeling at 44 like i m 94. like so many other women, pain is a constant companion for lucy reading. she has endometriosis, which means tissue like the lining of the womb grows in places it shouldn t, including the ovaries. i ll be honest, i ve felt suicidal at times with this condition. the level of pain, you just, you just want it to stop. you just want it to go away. for lucy, endometriosis
pandemic caused a long waiting list for nhs treatment. but one speciality has seen the sharpest increases gynaecology. there are now 60% more women waiting in england than before the pandemic. across the uk, more than half a million women are waiting for help. the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists says gender bias is to blame ? and that women s health is consistently deprioritised and overlooked . this report from our health correspondent catherine burns. in pain, their lives on hold, more than half a million women across the uk are on waiting lists for gynaecology treatment. the bleeding over time, over that year, got heavier and heavier and the pain got worse and worse. i m pretty much housebound now, erm, due to the pain. i have another year and a half to go before i can have my hysterectomy. i the biggest impact for me so far has been on my mental health. it s just.