What we do
The Primary Care Women’s Health Forum (PCWHF) is a membership organisation for primary care clinicians with an interest in women’s health.
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Our Aims
The Primary Care Women’s Health Forum
aims to…
Have a wide range of membership from multiple disciplines in order to promote and progress standards in women’s health across the spectrum.
Be extensively recognised and respected as a credible body to be consulted with in regards to women’s health issues, as well as being a focus for female patients as a source of information.
The PCWHF recognises that not everyone assigned female at birth or with female biological characteristics identifies as a woman and that not all women have female biological characteristics. We recognise both the biological experience of being born with female biological characteristics and the gendered experience of identifying as a woman.
Our Objectives
For its members the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum will provide…
1.
A focus for all interested practitioners within the primary care team on women’s health issues.
2.
Continuous sharing of best practice in relation to international, national and regional developments in women’s health issues.
3.
An opportunity for peer support and exchange of views.
4.
An opportunity to support and develop evidence-based practice.
5.
Honour, recognise and support underserved and under-represented communities.
For patients the PCWHF will specifically ensure…
Women are able to make informed choices about where they access care for women’s health issues.
Women are informed about the full range of management options and clinical interventions available to them.
The views of women are sought and listened to, to ensure they influence future models of care.
For strategic and policy development the PCWHF will specifically…
Promote the highest standards of provision of appropriate women’s health care in primary care settings whilst continuously striving for improved quality and performance.
Act as a lobby group for its members in influencing the Department of Health and others in determining future strategic direction and policy making in relation to women’s health.
Act as advisors to Commissioners and Practice-Based Commissioners on the suitability of commissioning models of care for women’s health issues.
Act as clinical and managerial cohort of expertise which can be called upon for advice across the spectrum of women’s health.
For patients the PCWHF will specifically ensure…
Women are able to make informed choices about where they access care for women’s health issues.
Women are informed about the full range of management options and clinical interventions available to them.
The views of women are sought and listened to, to ensure they influence future models of care.
For strategic and policy development the PCWHF will specifically…
Promote the highest standards of provision of appropriate women’s health care in primary care settings whilst continuously striving for improved quality and performance.
Act as a lobby group for its members in influencing the Department of Health and others in determining future strategic direction and policy making in relation to women’s health.
Act as advisors to Commissioners and Practice-Based Commissioners on the suitability of commissioning models of care for women’s health issues.
Act as clinical and managerial cohort of expertise which can be called upon for advice across the spectrum of women’s health.