Join Dr Emily Simon for this four-part series exploring essential topics in female health. Each session dives into a different topic, with expert insight from Dr Simon and her guest speakers.
This series is safe and welcoming space open to everyone, regardless of age, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. We welcome everyone to come and engage with these essential topics.
13 November: Sexual Health and Female Pleasure
In this session, we will look at female desire and pleasure. We will try and understand why it has taken so long for us to get here historically and why everyone experiences sex differently. We will think about our anatomy, the sexual response cycle in women, what motivates us and inhibits us, and how we can have positive healthy sexual encounters.
11 December: Pregnancy and Postpartum Health
This session is for people starting on their pregnancy journeys and for those who have recently been pregnant. We will look at becoming pregnant, what to expect during pregnancy, the labour, and the many different forms that it can take, and the post-natal period. We will explore the changes it can make to our bodies both physically and mentally and how to prepare for and manage those changes.
22 January: Breast Health for All Ages
For this talk we will be joined by the exceptional breast surgeon Joanna Franks. We will explore why the Jewish community is particularly affected by breast cancer, how to be vigilant in preventing and checking for changes to the breast and the different types of cancers and treatments available. We will look at the NHS breast screening programme and why additional screening may be necessary. It is open and relevant to women of all ages.
26 February: Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond
We will be thinking about the perimenopause, the menopause, and the post-menopausal period. We will think about the wide range of symptoms that women may present with and try and understand what is causing these changes and how best to manage them. We will look at lifestyle interventions, HRT and other medical options including those available to women who have had breast cancer. We will be joined by the wonderful Katie Taylor who set up the hugely successful Latte Lounge; an online community for women over 40, providing support, information & signposting for midlife health & wellbeing.
Dr Emily is a GP with a special interest in Women’s Health and Sexual Health. She is an advanced menopause specialist with the British Menopause Society and a psychosexual consultant. She works at The Brook Surgery as a private doctor, where she is available for consultations, and in the NHS for the Haringey Islington Community Gynaecology Service. She is the joint clinical Lead for Women’s Health at The Brook.
She has previously worked at The Brandon Centre which is a sexual health clinic for teenagers and young adults, and in Community Gynaecology at The Royal Free hospital providing family planning, menopause, and abortion care. She was the GP representative for the clinical advisory group for The London Sexual Health Transformation project.
She is passionate about education, is a registered GP trainer and lectures regularly in Medical Schools and GP training seminars. She has also spent years training GPs in matters related to Sexual health.
She is passionate about delivering safe, efficient, high-quality care to women of all ages, and encouraging them to understand and feel empowered in their own healthcare decisions.