Join us this week as Ben welcomes Dr. Steph Cook and Dr. Jennifer Greenlaw to discuss the groundbreaking concept of women's health hubs. Steph and Jennifer are both experienced GPs with a focus on women's health, and share their innovative work in Liverpool and Manchester. Discover how these hubs bring together existing services to provide comprehensive care, reducing the need for multiple appointments and learn about the impact of the Women's Health Strategy.

They also explore the success and feedback from women accessing contraceptive services, highlighting the popularity of convenient options like Saturday clinics. Understand the logistics of providing these services, including self-referral processes, short wait times, and the flexibility of primary care networks. Tune in to hear how the Women's Health Strategy is bringing renewed focus to these essential services and improving access, experience, and outcomes for women, especially those in underserved populations.

Introduction (00:09) 

Women's Health Hubs (01:30)

Single locations? (03:27) 

Women's Health Strategy (04:28) 

Funding.. (05:31) 

General practice & PCNs.. (06:25)

Making that shift for Women’s health (08:49)

Feedback from women.. (11:05) 

Payments for services.. (12:03)

Support from the ICB’s (17:41)

Top tips.. (21:04)

Accessing the toolkit (21:50)

Getting in touch.. (22:55) 

Access ‘The Women’s Health Hub Toolkit’ here.

Contact Steph by email here & Jennifer here.

Listen to a previous episode introducing ‘Urban Village Medical Practice’ here and learn their Innovative Strategies to Support Homelessness here.

For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.