It took 15 years for Vicky Tutty's diagnosis and more than two years to get an operation booked.

Around 630,000 women are waiting for gynaecology appointments as waiting lists double in four years.

Emily, who has endometriosis and adenomyosis, says her requests for a hysterectomy are ignored.

Some women in Staffordshire have waited more than eight years for a diagnosis, councillors say.

The condition is thought to affect about two million women in the UK.

Researchers hope to see if period pain as a teenager makes chronic pain as an adult more likely.

An academy says pupils no longer need a doctor's note if they are absent because of period pains.

Charities and campaigners react to a school's stance on absences due to period pain.