Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.

I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.

Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause

and menopause. We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,

and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.

This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,

which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.

Today in the podcast I'm going to be talking about something that's really important to me actually,

more important probably than most other things, And we're going to be talking about

menopause education, not just for healthcare professionals, but for anybody, because without education,

we're nothing. So I've got with me in the studio, Dr. Penny Ward, who's one of the clinicians that

works with me in Newsome Health Group, but she also leads the education. So we've got lots of exciting things to

share in the next half hour. So welcome, Penny. Thanks for coming today. Hi, Louise. Thank you so much

for inviting me and giving me the opportunity. Oh, well, it's, you know, knowledge is power,

isn't it really? And I think, well, I know actually that education about the menopause has been

so wrong in so many levels, not just for us as healthcare professionals often not having

the right education, but also our patients, but also others who aren't directly associated

with the menopause, but indirectly probably affected.

And there's so many myths and misconceptions. And certainly I'm really keen to demystify those.

And there is more evidence than people realise about the menopause and safe treatment as well.

So the more that we can impart our knowledge and share with others, the better really.

But you're a GP like me, worked for many years.

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