Gilead Sciences has provided financial sponsorship for this webinar organised and developed by the PCWHS. Gilead Sciences has had no input into the webinar agenda, speaker selection or presentations. The symposium session is fully funded and developed by Gilead Sciences.
Dr Toni Hazell and colleagues hosted this webinar from the Primary Care Women’s Health Society (PCWHS) titled Her health, her voice: Enhancing the lives of women living with HIV, which took place on Monday, 13th October from 19:00 until 20:30.
Understanding the experiences of women living with HIV:
This webinar offered a patient-centred perspective on living with HIV, exploring the personal and systemic challenges faced by individuals. It also examined the role of healthcare professionals in providing compassionate care within a supportive, non-judgmental clinical environment.
This practical and essential session was designed for UK-based healthcare professionals keen to improve outcomes in women’s health and HIV.
Gilead Sciences has provided financial sponsorship for this webinar organised and developed by the PCWHS. Gilead Sciences has had no input into the webinar agenda, speaker selection or presentations. The symposium session is fully funded and developed by Gilead Sciences.
Speakers
Dr Toni Hazell
PCWHS Clinical Director, GP, Appraiser, Freelance Medical Writer and Editor, London
Dr Toni Hazell qualified from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School and did her GP training at Northwick Park Hospital; her interest in women’s health started as a GP registrar with what was then known as the family planning diploma. As a newly qualified GP in Tottenham, she did clinical assistant sessions in contraception and sexual health, leading to the diploma in genitourinary medicine and work in an HIV clinic. 20 years later she remains at the same GP practice and enjoys the continuity of care which that brings, as well as the opportunity to teach on women’s health within the practice.
Toni is now a portfolio GP; she is deputy medical director for eLearning at the RCGP and writes CPD for GPs and other healthcare professionals. She is a regular presenter and chair at primary care conferences, online and face to face, and has recently been part of the team which launched Praktiki, a micro-learning app producing CPD which fits into the busy working day of a GP. Toni is also chair of Haringey Local Medical Committee; as part of this role she was involved in negotiations for implant and intrauterine device fitting fees. She is a GP appraiser and is passionate about the type of primary care based education with the PCWHS provides.
Agatha Phiri
Patient speaker, HIV activist, community organiser and social justice advocate
Agatha Phiri is a Malawi-born HIV activist, community organiser, and social justice advocate based in Greater Manchester.
She is the founder of Agatha’s Space CIC, aiming at empowering women living with HIV to live confident and fulfilling lives, overcome their barriers and empower them to gain skills and be financially independent. She is part of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's domestic abuse panel. Agatha’s activism is deeply rooted in personal experience and dedicated to raising awareness, challenging stigma, and changing narratives around HIV. She is a volunteer Positive Speaker and Peer Mentor at George House Trust, delivering impactful HIV awareness sessions for schools, community groups, and medical professionals. Her story of HIV activism is now archived at Manchester Library celebrating her zeal and commitment to fight against HIV stigma and change the narrative.
Dr David Rook
Specialty Registrar in Sexual & Reproductive Health – ST5, Deputy Lead for LWH Gynae Transformation Team, Director and Founder of PasSRH Ltd
Dr David Rook is a senior specialty trainee in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), based in Liverpool Merseyside. Following his undergraduate medical degree at Barts and The London Medical School, he has gained clinical experience across diverse healthcare settings from Manchester city centre to rural New Zealand.
Dr Rook is the Director and Founder of PasSRH, the UK's first dedicated online revision bank designed to support candidates taking exams in sexual and reproductive health.
He also holds positions on the BASHH Steering Group Committee for HIV Prevention and the Education and Training Committee of the BSACP. In addition, he provides health advisory services to Gilead Sciences. His specialist interests include early pregnancy care, diagnostic ultrasound, and HIV prevention.
Dr Naomi Sutton
Consultant Physician
Dr Naomi Sutton qualified in 2003 from Sheffield medical school, completing her MRCP in 2006. She went on train in Genito-Urinary Medicine gaining further accreditations in this speciality, including Dip GUM and Dip HIV, before taking up her consultant post at Rotherham Sexual Health Services in 2016. Wanting to better understand the complexities of sexual problems, she has developed a passion for psychosexual medicine, attending the ESSM School of Sexual Medicine in Budapest and going on to pass the FECSM exam (Fellow of the European Society of Sexual Medicine) in 2023. More recently in 2014 she trained as a Vasectomy surgeon.
Naomi is passionate about education and raising awareness of her speciality, both to other health care professionals and the public, appearing as the Doctor on the C4 TV series ‘The Sex Clinic’ and ‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’ and featuring on several podcasts. Naomi speaks locally and nationally with the primary aim of reducing stigma and enhancing patient experience by improving knowledge around all aspects of Sexual Health.
Gilead Sciences has provided financial sponsorship for this webinar organised and developed by the PCWHS. Gilead Sciences has had no input into the webinar agenda, speaker selection or presentations. The symposium session is fully funded and developed by Gilead Sciences.
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Gilead Sciences has provided financial sponsorship for this webinar organised and developed by the PCWHS. Gilead Sciences has had no input into the webinar agenda, speaker selection or presentations. The symposium session is fully funded and developed by Gilead Sciences.
19:00
- 19:05
Session
Welcome and introduction
Dr Toni Hazell
19:05
- 19:25
Session
A patient’s perspective: Living with HIV
Agatha Phiri
19:25
- 19:55
Session
Has she heard?
Dr David Rook
Organised and funded by Gilead Sciences Limited
September 2025
19:55
- 20:15
Session
Reducing the stigma
Dr Naomi Sutton
20:15
- 20:25
Session
Q&A
Dr Toni Hazell, Agatha Phiri & Naomi Sutton
20:25
- 20:30
Session
Closing remarks
Dr Toni Hazell