Women’s health must be taken more seriously and women must be empowered to seek help for any changes in their health, a former breast cancer surgeon has said.
Dr Liz O’Riordan, who has had breast cancer three times, was a keynote speaker at the Let’s Talk Women Health event held at The Hold in Ipswich on Saturday.
The event, attended by more than 300 people, aimed to dispel myths and online misinformation as well as connect women with experts in pregnancy, fertility, menopause, endometriosis and neurodiversity.
She said: “We are now realising we deserve more and for me it’s teaching women what to say so they get taken seriously.”