November 2021
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This conference examined priorities for improving healthcare provision for women in light of challenges posed by the pandemic - as well as wider discussion around tackling the UK’s gender health gap, including within research, awareness of gendered health concerns, and wider inequalities.
It was an opportunity to examine key themes emerging from the Government’s consultation as it developed the Women’s Health Strategy, which aims to address the gender health gap - and to consider priorities for women’s health in the context of other significant developments, including the wider health reforms proposed in the Health and Care Bill.
We are pleased to have been able to include keynote sessions with Professor Louise Howard, NIHR Research Professor in Women's Mental Health and NIHR Senior Investigator; and Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London; Edward Morris, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; and Mehrunisha Suleman, Senior Research Fellow and Lead, The Health Foundation.
Areas for discussion in the agenda included:
- priorities for the Women’s Health Strategy and its implementation
- meeting women’s health needs and addressing barriers to delivery
- the impact of COVID-19 and public health inequalities on women’s health and key issues for recovery in women’s services
- addressing the impact of racism in maternity care
- the way forward for women’s health research
Attendees
Our forums are known for attracting strong interest from policymakers and stakeholders. Places were reserved by parliamentary pass-holders from the House of Lords, and officials from the Cabinet Office; the Department of Health and Social Care; Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service; the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; National Audit Office; Ofsted; the Prime Minister’s Office; and The Scottish Government. Representatives who also attended were from Academy of Medical Sciences; Beaumont Hospital; Blackpool Council; Cardiff University; CHCP; Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland; Department of Health, Ireland; Derry Well Women; Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare; Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales; FEmISA; Fertility Network UK; Hadean Ventures; Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Healthwatch Warrington; Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority; Imperial College London; King's College London; Lexington; Menopause Inclusion Collective; National Women and Infants Health Programme; NETSCC; NHS Grampian; Nuffield Department of Women and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford; Rare Autoinflammatory Conditions' Community; Res Consortium; Roche Dia; Royal College of Midwives; Swansea Bay University Health Board; University of Birmingham; University of Leeds; University of Oxford; and University of South Wales.
Press passes had been reserved by representatives from Mark Allen Group and The British Student Doctor Journal.
