Welcome to our new ebook, a comprehensive guide designed specifically for healthcare professionals and students who are passionate about improving accessibility to sexual health checks, cancer screening tests, and other vital health services. Our goal is to provide you with nearly 100 pages of practical and useful information, including cost-effective steps that you can take to ensure that all patients have access to the care they need.
We recognize that healthcare professionals and students like you are committed to providing inclusive care for all patients, regardless of their background or circumstances. That's why we've included information on disability rights and equality acts, to help you better understand your obligations as a healthcare provider.
We believe that shining a light on health inequalities is the first step in promoting accessibility and equity in healthcare. By working together and taking action, we can improve the situation and ensure that all patients receive the care they deserve. So, whether you're a seasoned healthcare professional or just starting out in your career, we invite you to join us in our mission!
About the Author
Lorraine Stanley
Founder and CEO of SWAD
a.k.a. Your Friendly Neighbourhood Sex Goddess! (YFNSG)
SWAD is a not-for-profit training organisation, specialising in the area of disability and sex.
My professional background includes; Training and Development within the NHS and Local Government; a Certificate in Training Practice awarded by the Institute of Personnel and Development (now CIPD).
I also hold qualifications in Facilitation Skills, One to One Counselling, BSL Stage 1 certificate, and Peer Support training. I ran a successful Diet and Fitness franchise for 3 years, before ME and Fibromyalgia forced me to stop trading.
I am a member of the Sexual Health & Disability Alliance (SHADA) and the Public Panel of the British Association of Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH).
I co-chair the Love Abilities Virtual Disability & Sexuality Festival with Dr Mitchell Tepper (USA).
Inside This Brand New Publication ...
- Discover practical and useful information to improve accessibility and equity in healthcare
- Nearly 100 pages of content designed specifically for healthcare professionals and students
- Learn cost-effective steps to ensure all patients have access to vital health services
- Take action to address health inequalities and promote accessibility for all patients
- Understand your obligations as a healthcare provider under disability rights and equality acts
- Join us in our mission to create a more just and equitable healthcare system
- Suitable for both seasoned healthcare professionals and those just starting out in their careers
- Empower yourself to deliver inclusive care and put patients first
- Available in ebook format for easy and convenient access
- Enhance your skills and knowledge to become a leader in promoting accessible and equitable healthcare.
- Approximately 70 hyperlinks to examples of best practice and other resources.
This guide provides practical steps to help you identify and address health inequalities in your practice
Lorraine Stanley, Author
Whether you're a seasoned healthcare professional or just starting out in your career, we invite you to join us in our mission to promote accessibility and equity in healthcare.
Lorraine Stanley, Author
Accessible and inclusive healthcare is essential to promoting the health and wellbeing of all individuals
Lorraine Stanley, Author
What's Inside?
Collaborations with Sexual Health Clinics – Challenges and Solutions
Lorraine has an approachable and pragmatic style, and decades of experience - both as an "expert by experience" and also as a disability advocate. She has supported hundreds of disabled people around the issue of a lack of accessible health screening and appointments.
SWAD featured in Julia Bahner’s book “Sexual Citizenship and Disability: Understanding Sexual Support in Policy, Practice and Theory (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies). Lorraine has presented sessions on sex and disability at BASHH Conferences, the 2022 HIV Prevention England Annual Conference, the FSRH-BASHH Joint Conference (March 2023), and has been invited to deliver a symposium presentation at the 36th IUSTI Europe Congress, to be held in Malta, October 2023. Grassroots Initiative of the Year Finalist in the Sexual Health Awards 2022 (SH:24 & Brook).
There is a wide range of subject matter in this guide, including how to create an accessible welcome, how to not "judge a book by its cover", and "Collaborations with Sexual Health Clinics – The Challenges and The Solutions". There is also the intriguingly titled section on "When Gavin met Lorraine and he blew her mind with his App".....There are nearly 100 pages of practical and useful information, and steps you can take (and some of those steps cost very little).
Money from the sales of this book help SWAD to continue supporting, and advocate for, disabled people in their sexual lives.
Who Is "Sexual Health Clinics, GP Clinics & Disabled People -
A Guide for Better Access" For?
Sexual Health clinics and staff, Doctors - especially GPs, GP Practice Managers,
NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales and HSC Northern Ireland, BASHH (British Association for Sexual Health and HIV), FSRH (Faculty of sexual and reproductive healthcare), RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners)
RCN (Royal College of Nursing), Occupational Therapists, RCOT (Royal College of Occupational Therapists)
Universities - nationwide that offer courses in medicine, nursing, allied health professions.
ICSs (Integrated Care Services), ICBs (Integrated Care Boards), any organisation addressing Health Inequalities,
Terrence Higgins Trust, Natsal, Physiotherapists, Health researchers.
YES! I Want To Buy The Book Now
A helpful guide for you and your clinic.
If you are a health professional or student who wants to ensure accessibility of sexual health checks, cancer screening tests etc – then this is the book for you!
Nearly 100 pages of practical and useful information, and steps you can take
(and some of those steps cost very little).
Even the ones that cost more than a little, well, various disability rights and equality acts exist. In some instances, they have been the law for decades!
So, it’s time to shine a light on health inequalities, and work together to improve the situation!