Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

21/10/2026

After years campaigning on women’s health, I’ve lost count of the stories I’ve heard from women who have struggled to get a diagnosis, been left in pain or felt they weren’t being listened to - or worse, were being gaslighted.

Whether it's endometriosis or menopause, maternity care or heart and bone health, women too often find themselves having to fight to be taken seriously.

Women shouldn’t have to shout louder, fight harder or wait longer to get the healthcare they need. But we do.

I’ve seen what can happen when women come together and refuse to accept that things can’t change. They do amazing work – but it only goes so far.

We need more than individual campaigns - we need action at the highest level. Women’s health needs someone with the responsibility to join the dots, push for action and make sure it stays on the political agenda.

A dedicated Minister for Women’s Health would help give these issues the focus, accountability and leadership they deserve.

Please sign the petition and share it with your friends and family. It takes a moment, but adding your voice helps show just how much this matters.

Because women’s health isn’t a niche issue. It’s everybody’s issue.

❤️ Please sign and share.

Nicola’s - Supporting Women in West Lothian Richard Baker for Glenrothes and Mid Fife Edward Sheasby Claire Baker Graeme Downie MP Endo WL forwomen.scot Fife Labour Cobbies Inn TQ Ryan Vicky Endo Dundee Zoe Drugan

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to restore a dedicated Minister for Women’s Health and make improving women’s health outcomes a national priority.

11/10/2026

All things being well I should be on LBC tonight talking to Clare Foges about menopause in the workplace after this report - catch me just after 8pm

Midlife women do not require special provision, a study has found. They’re just as capable

11/10/2026

My letter to The Courier on why we need more buses, not cheaper car parking fees

Sir, – Reduced park­ing fees may seem like a no-brainer to encour­age people back on to the high street, but more cars bring a whole new prob­lem – who wants to spend their Sat­urday in a long queue to get into the car park? Breath­ing in exhaust...

09/10/2026

Too many women face unacceptable barriers to healthcare – from endometriosis and gynaecology to heart health and reproductive care. We need a dedicated Minister for Women’s Health. Sign the petition to bring back the role 👉 https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2255

forwomen.scot

03/10/2026

🚌 Reliable and affordable public transport is not a luxury. For people without a car, it can be the difference between getting to work, seeing family, making an appointment or being able to get out and about.

We want to hear experiences of bus services across Fife.

👉 If you use buses, regularly or occasionally, please take a few minutes to fill in the Better Buses survey: https://betterbuses.org/

If you have a bus story, good, bad or somewhere in between, we would also like to hear it.

Better buses should not be a big ask.

20/09/2026

Conversation on Twitter about an "Old People's Home" asking for Pink Floyd reminded me of writing this.

"Will we be sitting in wing-back chairs humming along to Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now? Our feet tapping along to Smells Like Teen Spirit? Will afternoon tea dances be filled with pogoing pensioners? How on earth will we dance to Oops Upside Your Head when we’re wearing surgical stockings and holding on to zimmer frames?"

If Dame Vera Lynn and Al Jolson are staples for today, what will the care homes of the future look like once our generation gets there?

08/09/2026

Have menopause campaigns hurt women’s careers? Where to begin…

After so many years of trying to change the discussion, the idea that talking about menopause creates a stereotype of women as unreliable, fragile or less capable is infuriating.

Talking about menopause brought a problem out into the open. Women were already experiencing symptoms at work. They were already taking sick leave, reducing their hours, passing up promotion, changing jobs or leaving employment altogether.

The difference is that many of them didn’t have the language to explain what was happening.

I know because I’ve talked to countless numbers who suffered.

They were told that brain fog was just stress, that anxiety was just stress, that sleeplessness was just stress. And that constant fatigue? That was just part of getting older.

As I’ve always said, if you can’t explain what is really happening, how can you ask for help?

There is a legitimate conversation to have about how menopause is discussed at work. We absolutely should not reduce women in midlife to their hormones, or assume every woman needs the same support.

But that is an argument for better menopause campaigning, not less of it.

If an employer sees a woman talking about her symptoms and so thinks she is not capable of doing her job, the problem isn’t the woman or the menopause campaign.

It’s the employer’s sexism.

Women shouldn’t have to choose between their health and their careers. No matter what any “high-flyer” says.

01/09/2026

22/08/2026

Today in Scotland a woman is so unsafe in her own home she fears being killed by the man who told her that he loves her. She might not make it to tomorrow. Today dozens of women will be r***d and carry the trauma for the rest of their lives. Today hundreds of children will cower as their mothers become another domestic abuse statistic. If they survive, they will carry the psychological scars forever. It does not have to be this way. We can all do something right now to end this. Stand with us and say It’s Time…..if you support this vital campaign please repost