Tackling Women's Issues in Healthcare
The government has this week published its renewed ‘Women's Health Strategy', aiming to raise the profile and power of women's needs within the healthcare system.
The new strategy
In publishing their renewed strategy for women's healthcare, the government has explicitly recognised that some health issues specific to women (especially gynaecological and obstetric, menstrual and menopausal) have not received the focus and funding which they require. A tendency within healthcare to downplay or undervalue the symptoms and concerns which women may be experiencing seems to have led to a situation where some conditions take years before they are diagnosed and women suffer in the meantime.
The new strategy aims to redress these imbalances by ensuring that women's concerns are listened to, that their voices are heard and that life-changing and debilitating conditions and experiences such as endometriosis and the menopause receive the funding, attention and streamlined medical pathways which they deserve.
The government's Health Secretary commented that women have "been let down by a healthcare system that too often gaslights women, treating their pain as an inconvenience and their symptoms as an overreaction. Today's renewed strategy will tackle the issues women face every day and ensure no woman is left fighting to be heard."
Part of the strategy is to introduce new community diagnostic centres to cut diagnosis and treatment times for these often disabling conditions, and to launch education programmes and amended medical pathways to provide better management of the conditions which affect women's lives.
There is a further intention to trial the use of women's feedback on their care to inform future plans and funding.
Whilst welcoming the aims within the new strategy, the President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists observed that "it is vital that (the strategy) is backed by sustained investment, clear delivery plans and transparent progress reporting."
Managing Poor Care Outcomes
There is no denying that some women suffer a poor outcome following medical care and, in these circumstances, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Where medical professionals have failed in their duty of care and caused their patient to suffer, a successful claim addresses the consequences. This may be a loss of income or the costs of specialist equipment, treatment and care.
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