Menopause Support & Guidance: Getting Support (#08)
HR Risk Forums: Menopause Guidance - Getting Support
Based on your feedback and follow-up we’ve designed a series of free half-hour webinars to help facilitate open conversations around menopause in the workplace.
Time: 11:00 - 11:30 | FREE
When: Thursday, 4th April 2024
Selfcare and menopause symptoms - a checklist for your GP
As women start to realise they both need and have agency over their menopause health, we are delighted to feature a champion GP, Dr Olivia Hum, to talk in more detail about the ways on which we can empower ourselves. As well as understanding more about the physical process of menopause, we will learn about the ways in which GPs are optimising their menopause knowledge and how we can make that all-important appointment count.
What are the questions to ask and what symptoms should we be noting and monitoring? What can we realistically expect and where are the ways in which we can best help ourselves?
We’ll discuss the concept of medicalising the menopause and what steps to take to make the process as natural and straightforward as possible. From the first perimenopause symptoms to becoming fully menopausal, we will arm you with a checklist of what to expect and how to alleviate symptoms. We’ll also invite your own experiences, positive and less so, from the health system you’ve chosen and look at the rise of ‘menopause experts’ and where you can become experts yourselves.
Delegate feedback
"It’s taken me far too long to join all the dots. I thought she was having a breakdown and didn’t know what to say or do to help".
"My wife had a radical hysterectomy recently and I need to know how to support her through early menopause".
Want to run this course in-house? We can tailor any of our events to run in-house for your organisation, find out more here
Which functions will benefit from attending
- HR, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, RECRUITMENT & RESOURCING, POLICY & STRATEGY, OPERATIONS, LEGAL, TALENT, EQUALITY, POLICY, ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYER BRANDING, ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY AND ALL DIRECTORS AND LINE MANAGERS WITH RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS AREA.
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Welcome and introduction
Elizabeth Smith
Director of Research , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Elizabeth is director of research and a founding co-director at Business Forums International. She is responsible for all programme content and writing, and researches current areas of interest for senior HR professionals in large organisations. BFI is the UK’s leading HR risk specialist conference and training provider, delivering key and timely information to over 3,000 delegates a year both through public and in-house training courses. Before founding BFI in 1996, Elizabeth specialised in researching corporate financial programmes in Asia and the Middle East, based in Dubai. She also worked in advertising and publishing in the Middle East and London. Elizabeth was educated in the West Indies, Saudi Arabia and Belgium before reading Modern Languages at Durham University. She is currently developing an online training course for line managers to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and ways that employers can work to make their workplaces more inclusive.
Getting support - a checklist for your GP
Dr Olivia Hum
GP / BMS Menopause Specialist & Director , Myla Health
Dr Olivia Hum has been an NHS GP Partner at Foundry Healthcare Lewes for 16 years, specialising in women's health and sexual health. She is one of a small number of nationally accredited British Menopause Society Menopause Specialists, and sits on the BMS Medical Advisory Council and the NHS England Menopause Clinical Reference Group. She runs the Circle Room sexual health clinic for young people. She is the Co-Founder of Myla Health, a group of doctors who provide menopause care for women through online appointments, or in-person in their clinics in Sussex, Kent, Exeter and Sheffield. They also offer doctor-led corporate teaching and training sessions on a variety of health topics including menopause, menstrual health, sleep and men's health.
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Event supported by
Launched back in 2004, Mindful Employer is a UK wide initiative run by Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Providing employers with easy access to professional workplace mental health training, information and advice; our goal is to help empower organisations – large or small – to take a lead in supporting the mental wellbeing of staff.
Menopause Support & Guidance: Workplace Initiatives (#07)
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