Women's health conversations need to be more inclusive says Davina McCall

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Hemma Visavadia
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Women need to come together to talk more opening about female healthcare without feeling scared to discuss the menopause at work in a more inclusive environment, according to TV presenter Davina McCall.

Speaking at the first Wellbeing of Women Summit, chaired by MP Caroline Nokes, McCall recalled going through the menopause at work and feeling scared that she would be "irrelevant and become invisible" if anyone found out. "We can't talk about menopause in the workplace. I honestly hand on heart believed that when I was 40, TV would have spat me out by the time I was 50 because I was perimenopausal and passed my sell by date," she explained during the panel session. "It stopped me from being able to work. It was absolutely crippling that I spoke to no one about it, even after I'd seen...

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