06/02/2026
Yesterday’s I was a guest speaker and facilitator at the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Health and Life Sciences event and this was exactly the kind of conversation we need more of.
📢 My aim wasn’t just to inform — it was to challenge, to create a little discomfort, and to spark a genuine drive for improvement in how we approach women’s health.
✅ I talked about strategy — what it actually means, how it can be implemented from the ground up, and why real change must start by listening to the people leading change and those with lived and clinical experience, including my own.
❌ I spoke about not only what good looks like, but also how we too often get it wrong, alongside my vision for long-term, sustainable improvement. Ultimately, women being seen by the right person, in the right place, at the right time.
🎓 I placed a huge emphasis on education — in workplaces, in schools, and early enough to change outcomes. I talked about the work I do delivering corporate talks and teaching in schools — giving young people real life skills: breast awareness, cervical screening, understanding periods and menopause, and recognising red flags such as athletes losing their periods and the serious long-term implications of that.
✅ I also talked about moving away from fragmented care and towards whole-health approaches — reducing the burden of conditions such as endometriosis, PMDD and PCOS through lifestyle, nutrition and prevention, rather than relying solely on pills and operative measures.
💔I spoke about leadership and culture too — the importance of communication, valuing staff, looking after teams, and setting the right example. Some of my strongest leadership lessons have come from seeing how not to lead, and using those experiences to shape how I now approach change.
My perspective is shaped by my clinical and leadership roles: I am Clinical Lead and Director of the Berkshire Menopause Clinic, NHS Clinical Lead for Women’s Health in Berkshire West, a Fellow of RCOG and member of the RCOG Expert Panel, through which I am actively involved in improving elective gynaecology services across the UK. I am also a BMS Specialist and Advisory Council member, with experience across community gynaecology clinics in adjacent areas.
📆 If you’d like to book me to speak for your organisation, hire me to deliver education sessions in schools or sixth forms, or engage me to share insights from my clinical and leadership journey, please get in touch.
www.berkshiremenopauseclinic.com
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG
