We’re in Sheffield for Women’s Health in the North of England: Turning evidence into action with @acmedsci.bsky.social, bringing research, health, policy, innovation and community perspectives together. Follow #WomensHealthNorth for updates throughout the day.

Professor Suzanne Mason is examining diversity and under-representation in health datasets. Better data matters, but it must represent the women most affected by the questions being studied.

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Chaired by @hannah.davies.bsky.social, Professor Shakila Thangaratinam, Dr Oluwaseun Esan, Fatima Khan-Shah (@shutcake.bsky.social), Aaishah Javeed and Professor Dame Lesley Regan are asking: can the system turn strategy into better outcomes for women?

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Professor Dame Lesley Regan is outlining the opportunity presented by the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy and what coordinated national, regional and local implementation must deliver for women. #WomensHealthNorth 1/3

Dr Eva Caamaño Gutierrez and Jessica Shilton are discussing gendered experiences in biomedical data science careers and why representation and leadership influence the direction and quality of research. #WomensHealthNorth

Professor @louiseckenny.bsky.social and @profbambra.bksy.social are opening today’s event with a shared challenge: how can the North turn evidence on women’s health inequalities into practical, sustained action? #WomensHealthNorth

@profbambra.bksy.social is exploring how place, deprivation and the wider conditions in which women live and work should shape the delivery of women’s health services across the North. #WomensHealthNorth 2/3

Dr Nasima Akhter is presenting evidence on the experiences of minority ethnic women and the need for better data, accessible care, trusted relationships and meaningful community involvement.

Read more in this new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/hidden-inequ...

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