Women's Health Hub

Everything you need to know to provide advice and services on women’s health

Background

It is fitting for community pharmacy teams to get trained on women’s health topics so they are able to deliver services and confidently advise on these areas. As well as support staff, pharmacists do not always have the confidence and most up to date knowledge to feel empowered to do so, so this hub aims to enable easy access to short knowledge updates and resources to support this.

England

One element of NHS England’s Women’s health strategy 2022 is ‘Better information and education – enabling women and wider society to easily equip themselves with accurate information about women’s health, and healthcare professionals to have the initial and ongoing training they need to treat their patients knowledgably and empathetically.’

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Scotland

The Scottish government also published a Women’s health plan in 2021, which aims to address women’s health inequalities by raising awareness on women’s health topics as well as improving access to healthcare.

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Wales

The Welsh government has raised the importance of providing good quality healthcare to women and girls, in a ‘The quality statement for women and girls’ health’ noting that the over 50% of the Welsh population were female.

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Women’s health encompasses a variety of health needs as well as age ranges as can be seen in Figure 1 (Source: DoHSC Women's health strategy for England 2022). This highlights the extent to which community pharmacies can help women access reliable advice and services and can prompt your pharmacy to engage in more NHS and Private services, where appropriate.

Some services that are related to women’s health that you may be able to provide in your pharmacy are: