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Jun 2022
Ambassador appointed to ‘shake up’ women’s health in England
England’s first ambassador for women’s health is calling for “one-stop shops” where women can have their health needs taken care of, the aim of the role being to close the “gender health gap”.
Dame Lesley Regan, a practicing doctor, wants to make it easier for women and girls to access care such as smear tests and contraception in the community, and she will also support the upcoming government-led women’s health strategy.
Dame Lesley said of the role “At the moment, we waste a lot of resource in telling girls and women that they cannot have things.
“So you might go off to your doctor or gynaecologist or heart specialist and get told, well, you cannot have a smear here, even if it is due, or you need to go somewhere else for this, that and the other.
“We should make it very, very easy for people to access this out in the community – why do you need to go to a secondary or tertiary facility for things that are very easy to provide?
“A one-stop shop is what I want for myself and what I want for my daughters and I’m sure it is what every other girl and woman wants and what every man and boy wants for the women in their lives, to be looked after that way.”
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