131 - Joining the dots through research and education with Lucy Chatwin

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Lucy Chatwin, who is responsible for the not-for-profit organisation, Newson Health Research and Education. Lucy has had a portfolio career that has taken her through environmental science and operations, through human resources and management into health, in particular service improvement and transformation roles in the NHS. Her last role in the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network focussed on supporting the adoption of innovation into health services to improve health outcomes for people. Lucy is perfectly placed to bring together the often diverse worlds of industry, academia, and clinical organisations to drive improvements that will make a real difference to the lives of people in the perimenopause and menopause and those around them. Lucy discusses the range of opportunities for innovation in menopause research, education and management and encourages those working in health and academia to ‘think hormones’ as an integral part of their practice. A key catalyst for this is the soon-to-be launched Newson Health Menopause Society that Lucy is leading on. The society will provide a global arena for integrating and energising research, driving education and upskilling professionals working in the field of menopause care. Lucy’s tip for women is make time for yourself to unpick what is going on if you think you may be perimenopausal, don’t just assume it’s down to other things. Download the balance app at www.balance-menopause.com to help understand your hormones, the impact they’re having on you and how to get help for your symptoms. Lucy’s tips for healthcare professionals: Connect with other interested experts outside of your specialty, this is often the best way to expand your thinking Make your mantra, ‘could it be hormones?’ If you treat women, don’t underestimate the influence of changing hormones in so many health conditions and presentations. Register your interest in joining the Newson Health Menopause Society at www.nhmenopausesociety.org and follow them on Twitter at @NHMenoSociety or LinkedIn at Newson Health Menopause Society.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Louise Newsome and welcome to my podcast. I'm a GP and menopause specialist and I run the Newsome Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre here in Stratford-Bron-Avon. I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity and the Menopause support app called Balance.
0:29.9	On the podcast, I will be joined each week by an exciting guest to help provide evidence-based
0:36.5	information and advice about both the perimenopause and the
0:40.9	menopause.
0:45.6	So today on this podcast I have with me, Lucy Chatwin, who I met several months ago.
0:51.0	And initially she was going to come and work in the clinic.
0:54.0	And now she's actually working alongside me, and work in the clinic and now she's actually
0:54.9	working alongside me but not in the clinic and we'll explain why in a minute and so welcome lucy to
1:00.9	a podcast thank you so lucy can explain a bit more but basically i was looking for someone to help
1:06.7	try and extend the clinic a while ago as we were getting busier and her name was passed around
1:11.8	and then I picked up the phone and we already had an operations director by this stage and I wasn't
1:16.8	really sure what we needed and I picked up the phone and within two seconds I thought I really need
1:21.2	Lucy but I don't know how I don't know what role she's going to do but Lucy's got a huge amount of
1:26.3	experience in the NHS she's very interested in women's house and so she's going to do. But Lucy's got a huge amount of experience in the NHS.
1:28.4	She's very interested in women's health.
1:30.5	And so she's now working very closely with me on my not-for-profit company,
1:35.5	Newsomehouse Research and Education, which I set up just over two years ago.
1:40.6	And what it does is what the title says, actually.
1:43.0	It's about research and education in menopause and hairy menopause.
1:48.3	So before we talk to much about that, Lucy, can you just explain a bit about who you're,
1:53.5	because you're not a medical doctor, although you obviously know a lot about different
1:57.2	aspects of medicine.
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