Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North London

Aims: Following a pre-clinical survey of psychiatric female inpatients, it was highlighted that they found it challenging to access obstetric, gynaecological and sexual health investigations and management. It was also found that mental healthcare professionals in the same psychiatric unit had limit...

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Main Authors: Paul Gyimah, Tomilola James, Saira Chowdhary, Chiara Petrosellini, Monika Gorny
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103712/type/journal_article
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description Aims: Following a pre-clinical survey of psychiatric female inpatients, it was highlighted that they found it challenging to access obstetric, gynaecological and sexual health investigations and management. It was also found that mental healthcare professionals in the same psychiatric unit had limited knowledge and awareness of women’s physical health issues. The aim of this QI project were to develop and establish a monthly women’s physical health clinic (WPHC) on an inpatient psychiatric hospital site, offering assessment, investigation and treatment by obstetricians and gynaecologists.
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spelling doaj-art-fb09afa56a434e00aa94bdf7d525b0592025-08-20T03:32:54ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S134S13410.1192/bjo.2025.10371Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North LondonPaul Gyimah0Tomilola James1Saira Chowdhary2Chiara Petrosellini3Monika Gorny4Highgate Mental Health Centre, North London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United KingdomHighgate Mental Health Centre, North London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United KingdomHighgate Mental Health Centre, North London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United KingdomUniversity College London, Division of Psychiatry, London, United KingdomHighgate Mental Health Centre, North London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United KingdomAims: Following a pre-clinical survey of psychiatric female inpatients, it was highlighted that they found it challenging to access obstetric, gynaecological and sexual health investigations and management. It was also found that mental healthcare professionals in the same psychiatric unit had limited knowledge and awareness of women’s physical health issues. The aim of this QI project were to develop and establish a monthly women’s physical health clinic (WPHC) on an inpatient psychiatric hospital site, offering assessment, investigation and treatment by obstetricians and gynaecologists.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103712/type/journal_article
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Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North London
BJPsych Open
title Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North London
title_full Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North London
title_fullStr Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North London
title_full_unstemmed Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North London
title_short Improving Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in a Psychiatric Inpatient Setting Quality Improvement Project: Development and Implementation of a Women’s Physical Health Clinic in a Psychiatric Hospital in North London
title_sort improving women s sexual and reproductive health in a psychiatric inpatient setting quality improvement project development and implementation of a women s physical health clinic in a psychiatric hospital in north london
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