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Women in Medicine and Health

Issue 43 - October 2015

In this issue...

Sheer perseverance and determination will take you a long way: Exporting strategic support to healthcare organisations across the world – Annie Barr, Founder and Director of Annie Barr Group

Harnessing innovation and technology to empower patients – Bernadette Coleman, Regional Director, Philips Home Healthcare Solutions UK & Ireland

Gender balance in medicine and health: Equality is out there – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Finding my calling as a midwife to give women the birth they want – Angela Yates, Midwife at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

The superhero woman in robotics harnessing 3D printing technology to create ‘superabled’ bionic hands – Samantha Payne, Co-founder of Open Bionics

Women changing the rules for career progression to make sure the system doesn’t only recognise self-promotion – Dr. Paola Dazzan, Reader in Neurobiology of Psychosis, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London

Don’t set limits on yourself. What’s the worst that can happen? – Professor Jenny Higham, incoming principal of St. George’s, University of London

Female healthcare mavericks: Leading an innovative new model of GP practice – Julie Belton, Strategic and Operations Director at Cuckoo Lane Surgery

Maintaining progress towards gender equality in health: We can’t take our eyes off the ball – Dr. Sally Davies, President of the Medical Women’s Federation

Women on board: Developing a positive impact culture in the NHS – Charlotte Sweeney, Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair of the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust