In Focus: News review of 2023

^{Clockwise: James Wolffsohn, Marsha de Cordova and Louise Furby}

The year began in positive and supportive fashion with the creation of the MenoTalk group to provide education and support to Specsavers staff going through the menopause. The group’s co-chair and co-founder, Louise Furby, said many women going through the menopause felt one of the most debilitating parts was struggling to perform to their usual levels at work because of the symptoms. For Furby, these included brain fog, memory loss, hot flushes, migraines and heart palpitations. After spending time researching the symptoms of the menopause, Furby realised they were tell-tale side effects. The group was not just for women, as many men used the group for greater insight into partners’ and wives’ symptoms.