Better for women report: Improving the health and wellbeing of girls and women

Better for women report: Improving the health and wellbeing of girls and women The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is calling for better joined up services, as part of its “Better for Women” report, published today. It emphasises the need for national strategies to meet the needs of girls and women across their life course – from adolescence, to the middle years and later life.

There should also be greater focus on moving the UK away from providing a disease intervention service towards a preventative health service, says the report.

The report recommends that one-stop women’s health clinics provide reproductive and sexual healthcare services – such as contraception, STI testing, cervical screening, and treatment and advice about the menopause – in one location and at one time to improve services for women and make savings for the NHS.

See also:

• Morning-after pill 'should be sold off the shelf' BBC News
• One-stop shops needed for women's health services The Guardian
• Women’s health ‘placed at risk’ as spending on contraception falls by almost a fifth since 2015 The Independent