'Painful condition meant I had to leave my job'

After years of suffering the pain of endometriosis, 21-year-old Charlotte Samphire was forced to leave her job because the symptoms were too severe to manage.

Now, the beauty therapist from East Yorkshire, along with Hull charity Hey Endo!, is hoping improvements will soon be made after a government report found the condition is having a significant impact on women's finances and careers.

"People need to know that women shouldn't have to choose between their careers and their health," she said.

Samphire, who has stage 4 endometriosis and has suffered years of debilitating pain since she was just 10 years old, said although her boss was understanding, she knows not everyone would be so lucky.