Women's Health Task Group

Information on the Womens Health Task Group.

This task group was created by the Women's Commission to oversee work around women's health in Bristol.

This work includes:

• hosting the Bristol Women's Health Conference on 8 March 2017 (International Women's Day)
• developing the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Data Profile to include separate data for women and men (where possible)
• support with development of a range of JSNA Chapters on priority topics, to include data for women (and other equality groups, where possible) and comment
• hosting “Our Menopauses… The Great Menopause Event” in Nov 2017
• publication of the pdf Women's Health 2017 report (515 KB)  as a JSNA Chapter in Jan 2018

These tasks will contribute to a women's health strategy for Bristol.

Bristol Women's Health Conference

Below are presentations from the Bristol Women's Health Conference held on International Women's Day 2017.

Women's Health Conference

• Introduction by Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol

Alcohol Support: Why women only

• pdf Alcohol Support: presentation slides (413 KB)

• Alcohol Support: video of presentation

Community Support Service: Mental Health

• pdf Community Support Service: presentation slides (671 KB)
• Community Support Service: video of presentation

Healthy Lifestyles: Women in Bristol

• pdf Healthy Lifestyles:presentation slides (1.77 MB)
• Healthy Lifestyles: video of presentation

Health Care Responses: Domestic violence

• pdf Health Care Responses: presentation slides (2.33 MB)
• Health Care Responses: video of presentation Go to https://youtu.be/V1aB6Ze7sBQ (opens new window)

Integrated Approach: Supporting Survivors of Violence

• pdf Integrated Approach: presentation slides (657 KB)
• Integrated Approach: video of presentation

Bristol Women's Health Conference: workshop presentations

Below are presentations from the workshop events during the Bristol Women's Health Conference.

• pdf Bristol Ideal presentation (298 KB)

The Chief Medical Officer's report

At a national level the Chief Medical officer has published the document: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2014 The Health of the 51%: Women.

The Chief Medical Officer wrote:

“Being the first woman Chief Medical Officer has played a part in my decision to focus this, my fourth advocacy report, on women's health. There are often issues that are not talked about, even ignored.

Yet a woman's life course offers multiple opportunities to prevent predictable morbidity and mortality and to empower women (and, through them, their families) with information to take positive steps towards health”