Women over 40 in Brighton and Hove are more likely to be on NHS-prescribed HRT than anywhere else in England, new NHS figures show. Two million women aged 40 and over were prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in 2025/26, more than double the 800,000 who received HRT in 2020/21. Women aged 50 to 54 were most likely to be prescribed HRT, but NHSBSA said the “strongest recent growth” has been among women aged 40 to 49. In Brighton and Hove, 23 out of every 100 women aged 40 and over received an HRT prescription in the last financial year. NHSBSA reminded women taking HRT they can buy an HRT prescription prepayment certificate for £19.80 to cover prescription charges for 12 months.