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Dr Trudi Seneviratne, registrar at the RCP and a commissioner on the Bipolar Commission, says it is "completely treatable" with a combination of medication, talking therapies and lifestyle factors.

For a treatable disease, this number could be slashed if the correct care was on offer, say experts.

“It is still affecting millions of people today, but it is preventable, treatable, and also curable.”

He stressed that the cancer was "so, so treatable" if caught early.

"It's absolutely infuriating that a treatable condition like this is ignored and that women are put on the scrap heap," said Lipoedema UK's head of research Dr Lesley Steinitz.