The tenth episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast documents our discussion of the Women's Health Strategy for England, asking what progress has been made one year after the Strategy was published, featuring contributions from Professor Geeta Nargund, Nickie Aiken MP, Isaac Barnswell, Laura-Rose Thorogood and Dr Raj Mathur.
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We would like to thank Jon Nicoll (who created the opening and closing music for our podcast), and also the British Fertility Society and Merck (which supported the event featured in the tenth episode).
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