Placing women’s voices at the centre of their care (BMJ Opinion, 13 May 2021)

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This opinion piece for the BMJ is written by Miles Sibley, Director for the Patient Experience Library, and Rebecca Steinfeld, Head of Policy at National Voices.

They highlight the avoidable harm that has impacted on thousands of women in recent years, drawing on several inquiries to evidence the need to put women's voices at the centre of their care (a core theme for the Women's Health Strategy). They argue that patient experience is too often undervalued when it comes to evidence gathering, and that supporting systems must be improved in order to make positive changes for patient safety.

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