menopause

"I was plunged into surgical menopause," she says.

She also campaigns on menopause awareness, after her changing hormones prompted her to highlight women's experiences with her work.

This would suggest around 630,000 people - at the very least - are on the list to be seen for problems that range from fibroids and endometriosis to incontinence and menopause care.

She subsequently had to have a hysterectomy and then went through an early menopause that triggered mental health issues and self-harming.

Yet for the past three years she has been given a monthly injection to chemically induce menopause, pausing her periods in an effort to alleviate her symptoms.