Talking General Practice

How women’s health hubs can help improve care

Talking General Practice

Show Notes

This week Emma speaks to Dr Stephanie Cook, clinical lead for the Women's Health Hubs in Liverpool, a GP with a special interest in women's health, and a director of the Primary Care Women's Health Society. Stephanie discusses how women’s health hubs can bring care closer to home, slash waiting times, and help tackle health inequalities - and explains how the Liverpool hub model works in practice, We also discuss the systemic barriers facing women’s health services, including the lack of sustainable funding, the impact of removing women's health from the NHS planning guidance, and the importance of moving care from hospitals and into the community. This episode is presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen. Useful links Renewed Women's Health Strategy for England Primary Care Women’s Health Society women’s health hub toolkit

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More from Talking General Practice

Oct 23, 2026

This week Emma speaks to Professor Andy Brooks and Dr Liam Loftus from the National Association of Primary Care, about the drive towards neighbourhood health and what it means for general practice. Andy is the NAPC’s clinical chair and Liam is head of policy at the organisation.

Oct 16, 2026

This week Emma and Nick look at a whole host of GP contract issues, including changes to the GP reimbursement scheme, an update on list cleaning, NHS England threatening possible contractual action over same-day access and what GPs want from next year’s contract.

Oct 9, 2026

This week Emma speaks to Dr Adrian Hayter, a GP partner in Windsor and Chief Medical Officer at NICE. Adrian discusses why he made the move to NICE and what having a practicing GP in senior leadership at the organisation means for primary care as the NHS shifts focus towards community-based care and neighbourhood health teams. He explains how NICE is working to accelerate guidance approvals, how guidelines can be made more accessible for frontline clinicians managing patients with complex multi-morbidities, and the role of the upcoming Single National Formulary - and what it will mean for GPs, pharmacists and primary care teams. Adrian also explains how NICE is adapting its evaluation frameworks for emerging health technologies, including AI tools and medical-grade wearables. This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen. Useful links MHRA and NICE aligned pathway: how it's working in practice - article on NICE’s website Information about NICE’s lifecycle approach to guidance development The Pharmacists’ Summit - from MIMS Healthcare Network Two evenings of online learning on 30 November and 1 December for pharmacists working in primary care. For more information and to register for your free place visit: https://www.mimshealthcarenetwork.co.uk/mims-learning-live-digital-the-pharmacists-summit

Oct 2, 2026

The GPonline team discusses the latest news affecting general practice.

Sep 29, 2026

In this bonus episode of Talking General Practice Dr Netty Kinsella, uro-oncology nurse consultant and clinical lead for urology cancer diagnostics and active surveillance at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, speaks to GPonline editor Emma Bower about urological cancer.

See all episodes →