SIG Annual Report 2024

*Activities

2024 activities

Newsletter
Collaboration with Primary care women’s health forum underway
28th Feb online event – research sharing and showcase. 10  attended. Featured talks from 5 women’s health researchers throughout England on recurrent thrush (Tori Ford), contraception in underrepresented communities (Becky Mawson), evidence for impact of weight loss on clinical variables in PCOS (Jadine Scragg), menopause experiences of South Asian women (Anne-Marie Boylan)
4th July Face to Face event at the ASM in Bristol. We collaborated and joined the sexual health SIG meeting. There were approximately ten people present. We heard from the PACT collaborative about their powerful, innovative and impactful methods and approach. Collectively, we reflected on opportunities for developing projects within women’s and reproductive health utilising this approach, and the strengths it could offer.
4th Dec online event. 15 attended. Guest speaker (clinical Associate Professor Beck Taylor) on women’s health hubs and evaluation of implementing the hubs.

*Future plans

We plan to hold a face to face event at the SW SAPC/ASM
Sarah Hillman to ask Jeremey Barrett from Wellbeing of Women to speak at a seminar on grant writing for GPs and opportunities from primary care researchers
Consider Joint event with Sexual Health SIG
Mini symposium event to be held this spring
 journal club event planned for the Autumn
to offer and develop a research buddying or mentorship scheme

*Evidence of impact of the SIG

Now a more established, more diverse, and growing group. Regular newsletter. Positive verbal feedback

*Outcomes from SIG meeting at last SAPC ASM 

It was great to join the sexual health SIG, and we look forward to further sharing and collaboration. We invited them to our mini-research sharing symposium this year, and will continue to extend the invitation to these events. We are keen to explore the idea of collaborating on a PACT method women’s health project.

*How affiliation with SAPC has helped the SIG

Opportunity to have F2F meetings. Credibility for partnerships. Advertising to increase membership.