Do we listen to women? Do we really listen to what they are telling us? The research behind the Department of Health and Social Care’s recent Women’s Health Strategy for England suggests we don’t — ‘not being listened to’ is the common thread that underpins the responses informing the strategy. Women described how their symptoms were not taken seriously by healthcare professionals, and self-advocating to get the right management. I see parallels in other reports: the All Party Parliamentary Group on Endometriosis described women waiting an average of 8 years for their diagnosis despite 58% of women visiting …