Dr Craven Women’s Health

27/06/2026

Today I will be holding a short menopause workshop at this local community event .Come along if you can

We're delighted to invite you to our FREE Women's Health & Wellbeing Event, delivered in partnership with Healthwatch Lancashire - a relaxed, welcoming morning dedicated entirely to your health, wellbeing and connection 🩵

Whether you come alone or bring a friend, you'll be warmly welcomed. There's no need to be an expert, no pressure and absolutely no cost - just a friendly, inclusive space to invest a little time in yourself.

📆 Saturday 27th June 2026 at 10:00am – 1:00pm
📍Lancashire Women, Level 1, Norwest Court, Guildhall Street, Preston PR1 3NU

Register your place: https://lancashirewomen.org/project/womens-health-wellbeing-event/

We'd love to see you there!

12/06/2026

Some highlights from the roundtable on Vaginitis organised by HSJ few months ago .I was proud I was invited to be part of this discussion.
Important condition affecting many women but seldom appropriately managed leading to recurring visits to pharmacy or gp .
With wider use of vulvo vaginal oestrogens preparations helping to maintain healthy vaginal microbiome a lot of the symptoms can be prevented during the lifecourse of women’s life and especially during menopause transition.
Once symptoms develop appropriate testing before treatment is very important to taylor treatment well from the onset .

Vaginitis is a common condition which can affect women's quality of life. An HSJ roundtable, in association with Hologic, asked why the problem still wasn't getting the attention it needed

20/04/2026

It was such a pleasure in March to be invited to deliver two workshops about women’s health and menopause for staff and managers at Supalite. I was very impressed by the enthusiasm of the team and the commitment of the company to staff welfare in a relaxed atmosphere. We had some great conversations.

Chloe Wynter-Smith from Supalite who co-ordinated the day said: “We were delighted to mark International Women’s Day by providing these informative sessions for our staff. Dr Craven was so knowledgeable and approachable and the team are still buzzing from what we learnt and shared together.”

Supalite, based in Bamber Bridge, Preston, are providers of high-performance tiled roof systems for conservatories.
Supalite

26/03/2026

On 18 March I provided a lively workshop for the staff of St Catherine's Hospice on the subject of women's health and navigating menopause.
From an evaluation 100% rated the session as positive, 85% as excellent.
Comments by staff included:
"Excellent presentation from a very knowledgeable GP. Very inspiring, I learnt a lot at age 58!"
"Fantastic! Will Most Definitely recommend to others. Your passion is just amazing. Thank you so much."
"Just brilliant. So informative and nice to know I’m not alone"
"Wow! I think I will want to change to your practice! Thank you"
"As a man it was really valuable to get a small understanding of what women go through over a long period of time."
It felt good to be able to support colleagues who work with patients and their families at the very vulnerable part of life doing amazing job❤️.

24/03/2026

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/well-enough/perimenopause-symptoms-age-cherry-healey-b2941093.html?ap=1&fbclid=IwRlRTSAQv3wZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe274hdhxGsAAkP-B7W5P1lBXyIn4V3NFSn2yH_K2BE-SFBlCh--aCJ6Lc6dk_aem_RBdvzfJgZiIerAq51xHhTA

TV presenter Cherry Healey has had an unexpected perimenopause journey. At age 40, she was hit with debilitating anxiety and heart palpitations, which led her to nearly seek antidepressants before discovering her symptoms were hormonal. In this episode of Well Enough, Cherry discusses the misdiagnos...

20/03/2026

On 4 March I ran a lively women’s health workshop focused on menopause and perimenopause for staff at Cutting Edge. Cutting Edge is a Buckshaw Village based company providing support and technical innovation for the food industry.

From the evaluation responses 100% of participants rated the session positively, 85% as Excellent.

Comments included:
- Useful knowing how early perimenopause can happen. I never realised it was mid 30s in some cases
- Very informative, very engaging information, was easy to digest! Thank you! 😊

Rowan O’Neill, HR Administrator from Cutting Edge said:
“The Wellness Team at Cutting Edge Services have been committed to raising knowledge and awareness around various wellbeing topics for a couple of years now. In March this year, to go hand in hand with International Women’s Day, we decided to focus on the topic of Menopause and were recommended Dr Craven’s workshop. Our colleagues found this extremely helpful and everyone came away feeling supported, with a greater understanding of the subject and more equipped to take control of their own health journeys.”

Contact us via the Dr Craven Women’s Health website if you would like a workshop like this for your staff.

08/03/2026

Happy International Women Day to all of us who live this life as women!
As much as it can be tricky multi-tasking path it is also extremely satisfying and full of wonder.
The problem is that when life gets busy its hard to see it.
I wish all of us a lot of self-compassion, appreciation from within and confidence in the fact that we all wonderful beings.
In keeping with the theme of we are stronger when we work together, support and learn from each other and embrace differences.
I love being involved in spreading women health education to diverse groups of women and I feel I learn so much during these sessions too!
I am truly grateful that I can walk this path ❤️