This event was developed by the PCWHS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have contributed financial support towards this event but have had no input into the agenda, speaker selection, or presentations.
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Thursday, 26th November 10:00am to 4:30pm, at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), London
This study day is the first in a Practitioner with an Extended Role (PwER) in Women’s Health training package for those working in, or preparing to deliver, extended roles in women’s health. It is suitable for GPs, nurses and pharmacists and forms part of a wider package of education including webinars, resources and a workbook. It is aligned with the NHSE upcoming framework for a PwER.
The first study day will be opened by Dr Sue Mann, National Clinical Director for Women’s Health at NHS England who will set the strategic context and introduce the new NHSE Women’s Health Framework. This will be followed by expert-led plenary sessions with interactive small-group skills workshops covering a range of topics including bleeding disorders, menstrual problems, Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) and urogynaecology cases and will close with an introduction to a digital workbook to record learning (case studies, clinic attendances, suggested skills) completed as part of the PwER Training Package.
Future sessions/resources will cover menopause and contraception and will translate national policy into practical, day-to-day clinical application.
- Cost: PCWHS Members £75 Non-members £140 (or join for £49 + £75 = £124)
- Places available: 70
- Study day 1: 5 hours of education
This course does not provide an accreditation but does provide evidence that you are working at the level of a PwER in Women’s Health.
This event was developed by the PCWHS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have contributed financial support towards this event but have had no input into the agenda, speaker selection, or presentations.
Venue
Join us at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
This event was developed by the PCWHS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have contributed financial support towards this event but have had no input into the agenda, speaker selection, or presentations.
Speakers
Dr Lindsey Thomas
PCWHS Chair, GPwER Women's Health
Dr Lindsey Thomas is the Chair of the PCWHS and an experienced GP based in Sheffield with a specialist interest in women’s health.
She currently works in primary care in Sheffield, in community Gynaecology in Oxfordshire and up until recently was the Clinical lead for a Menopause and Menstrual clinic in Sheffield. She also works privately for Myla Health and has previously worked in sexual health also.
She is a CoSRH and BMS menopause trainer. As well as an Honorary Lecturer at The University of Manchester.
She is passionate about improving women’s health and sees education as an important part of this.
Dr Sue Mann
National Clinical Director in Women’s Health for NHS England
Dr Sue Mann FFPHM MRCOG MFSRH is the National Clinical Director in Women’s Health for NHS England. She has previously held national roles at Public Health England and Department of Health and Social Care and in all these roles she has consistently driven a population, integrated and outcome-based approach to delivery of women’s healthcare across the system. She currently leads a programme of work at NHS England to tackle Gynaecology elective waiting lists through both improving efficiencies but also challenging current models of care to drive transformation. She is passionate about improving experience for women in healthcare and committed, following her appearance at the Women and Equalities Select Committee, to making this a priority for NHS England. She has also led the development of a Women’s Health Equity Framework to drive a reduction of inequalities in care received for menopause and heavy menstrual bleeding.
She is a clinical Consultant in Women’s Health and Clinical Lead for Women’s Health in City and Hackney where she leads a specialist neighbourhood service for delivery of women’s healthcare. As part of this service she has pioneered the delivery of group consultations for delivering women’s healthcare particularly in menopause and seen more than 3000 women in this way over the last 5 years.
Working national to local, secondary to primary and integrating across specialties has enabled an integrated vision of how women’s healthcare in the future can be delivered.
Dr Anne Connolly MBE
Non-Executive Director PCWHS
Anne is a founder member of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum, which has subsequently gone on to become the Society. In her early career she worked in rural Zimbabwe, before returning to the UK, where she worked in general practice in inner-city Bradford as a partner in a large teaching practice for 25 years. After obtaining a post-graduate diploma for practitioners with a specialist interest in gynaecology, she recognised the need for improving education for women’s health in primary care which lead to the formation of what is now PCWHS.
She has a huge amount of experience in women’s health having worked in hysteroscopy, colposcopy and also as a CoSRH trainer. Other roles include CCG clinical board member with remit for maternity, women’s, children and young people’s healthcare, CoSRH VP Membership, RCGP Women’s Health Champion and PCWHS Chair.
Anne was honoured to be awarded an MBE for her work in women’s health in the 2021 Queens Birthday Honours List.
Dr Louise Price
GPwER Women’s Health, PCWHS committee member
Louise qualified from Bristol University in 2003 and started her career as a specialist trainee in obstetrics and gynaecology, before changing career path to become a GP.
She has maintained her interest and passion for women’s health and has worked as a GPwER in Gynaecology since 2013. She went on to set up a successful community gynaecology clinic in West London where she worked for several years. She is now based in Bath, where her portfolio career includes general practice, community and secondary care gynaecology. She is a BMS menopause specialist.
Ellie Stewart
Gynaecology Matron & Clinical Nurse Specialist in Urogynaecology
Ellie trained as a registered nurse at St Bartholomews Hospital in London in 1993. Since qualifying she has nursed predominantly in the fields of urology and gynaecology. She has a keen interest in women’s health and sits on the British Society Urogynaecology AHP committee and the PCWHS committee.
She worked at Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in Urogynaecology for 15 years gaining significant experience in this area during that time. She is a nurse prescriber, undertakes independent urodynamics, runs the nurse-led part of the botox service, provides assessment and pessary fitting and support and advice to those presenting with pelvic floor dysfunction . She also provides a link with the maternity department for bladder care.
Ellie writes for the nursing press and speaks regularly on courses and education sessions nationally and internationally. She has been involved in development of publications such as the UKCS Pessary Guideline and the NICE pelvic floor dysfunction prevention and management guideline.
Ellie is currently gynaecology matron and clinical nurse specialist in urogynaecology at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Dr Amy Tatham
PCWHS Finance Director, GP Partner at The Ridge Medical Practice, Bradford, GPwER Gynae, BMS Menopause Specialist, CoSRH Trainer
Dr Amy Tatham is a GP partner and a GP with extended role in gynaecology and menopause in a large Bradford teaching practice where she is the women’s health lead with a passion for providing contraceptive, sexual health and menopause care. She also works in the Bradford hospital based menopause clinic. She enjoys teaching and training and is a CoSRH trainer and holds the advanced BMS menopause certificate and provides secondary and primary care-based specialist menopause clinics.
She has had experience working for Bradford Districts and Craven ICB and has a passion for addressing health inequalities and driving change to improve access and the care we provide for all our women.
This event was developed by the PCWHS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have contributed financial support towards this event but have had no input into the agenda, speaker selection, or presentations.
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This event was developed by the PCWHS and is intended for UK practising healthcare professionals only. The sponsoring companies have contributed financial support towards this event but have had no input into the agenda, speaker selection, or presentations.
10:00
- 10:30
Session
Opening and Introductions
Dr Lindsey Thomas & Dr Sue Mann
10:30
- 12:00
Session
Session 1 – Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB)
Dr Louise Price
- Managing menstrual issues
12:00
- 13:30
Session
Session 2 – Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS)
Dr Amy Tatham
- Holistic management of PMOS
13:30
- 14:15
Break
Lunch
14:15
- 15:45
Session
Session 3 - Urogynaecology
Ellie Stewart
- Management of prolapse and pessaries
15:45
- 16:00
Break
Break
16:00
- 16:30
Session
Session 4 - Introducing the Workbook and suggestions for self-directed study
Dr Anne Connolly
- Overview of the education programme;
- Education and resources
- Finding a mentor and gaining experience
- Developing clinical skills
- Digital workbook
16:30
- 16:35
Session
Thank you and close
Dr Lindsey Thomas