CPD Webinar: Nursing and the menopause in the workplace

Worth two hours CPD, this free webinar discusses menopause in the workplace, offering practical advice and ideas on building a workplace which actively engages with peri-menopause and menopause, to everyone’s benefit.

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Watch it on-demand at a time that suits you, and add two hours CPD into your RCNi Revalidation Portfolio.

Key points from this CPD webinar:

• Understand peri-menopause and menopause in the workplace, to be able to create a supportive environment for all healthcare staff
• Know the symptoms of peri menopause and raising awareness
• Understand how menopause symptoms can vary and be different for everyone
• Advice for menopause management in the workplace
• Effects of menopause at work and how to evaluate your health and make changes
   

With women making up the majority of the healthcare workforce and 85% of women experiencing symptoms of the menopause ranging from mild to severe, failure to address the menopause as a workplace issue can be catastrophic, both for nurses personally, and for long term staff retention. This is no longer a topic for whispered conversations but something for which open and strategic discussion stands to vastly improve quality of life and working conditions.

Designed to support women as individuals and healthcare workers as employees, this informative and practical webinar will provide up-to-the-minute guidance on symptom treatment and awareness, and create a supportive environment to consider how to build a workplace which actively engages with peri-menopause and menopause.

This event was sponsored by Stella, A.Vogel, Vitabiotics and Peppy Health.

This webinar took place on Thursday 21st July 2022. 

Contents of this CPD webinar

Welcome
Jacqui McBurnie, Senior Programme Manager and Chair, Menopause Group, NHS England and Improvement and member, Cross Government Menopause Network Executive Steering Committee

Keynote presentation:

Understanding the menopause: what is normal, how does it present and what is the impact on women at work?
Kathy Abernethy, Director, Menopause Services, Peppy Health

Keynote presentation:

Considering the treatment options: how to self-manage and when to seek medical help
Debra Holloway, Nurse Consultant, Gynaecology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Keynote presentation:

Menopause and mental health

• Dr Kate Bunyan, Clinician, Vira Health
• Dr Rachel Hines, Menopause Specialist, Vira Health

Panel discussion

How to build a menopause friendly environment in the healthcare workplace: practical strategies and support

• Kathy Abernethy, Director, Menopause Services, Peppy Health
• Ceri Feltbower, Associate Director of Improvement, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Paula Stuart, Menopause and Lifestyle Coach & Learning Disabilities Nurse, Practice Plus Group
• Pamela Windle, Women’s Health Coach, mySysters

More on this topic

• Nursing Standard podcast: Is it work-related fatigue or the menopause? A nurse’s guide
• CPD test your knowedge quiz with certificate on the menopause
• CPD article: The menopause: symptoms, treatments and implications for women’s health and well-being
• CPD article: Improving recognition and support for women experiencing the menopause
• Nursing through menopause: why reasonable adjustments might help
• Diagnostic overshadowing: the menopause and mental health
• Menopause: shift work and long hours exacerbate symptoms

Sponsored material

• An expert’s guide to menopause at work - Facts and resources to help you support your people

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