The UK government has officially launched the Women’s Reproductive Health Survey. This survey aims to gather women’s views across England on issues such as periods, contraception, fertility, pregnancy and the menopause. This survey is being run by the Department of Health and Social Care and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It forms part of the Women’s Health

The NIHR Policy Research Units (PRUs) bring together multidisciplinary teams of researchers to enable the development of research-based policy at a local and national level. The PRU researchers respond to policy research needs and develop research programmes that provide evidence for current and emerging research priorities. Ensuring that the government and policy bodies have the best possible information and evidence

Dr Hall was invited to be a guest on “It All Starts Here”, the UCL Institute for Women’s Health Podcast, hosted by Olivia Moir. The podcast aims to increase awareness and knowledge of reproductive science and women’s health, by discussing critical topics with experts in an easy-to-understand way. Previous episodes have discussed the placenta, egg freezing and fertility education. In

June was a month of conferences, with work from the P3 study being presented at three different international events. We presented two posters at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists World Congress in London, on the implementation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) into antenatal care. One poster focused on the findings from the interviews and focus

A new study conducted at UCL has found that one in five women become pregnant naturally after having a baby conceived with IVF. The first-of-its-kind research analysed data from 11 studies of over 5,000 women around the world (including over 1000 women from the UK) between 1980 and 2021. The study aimed to look at how common it is for

Understanding pregnancy intention is an important public health measure; it can be used to identify and monitor trends in reproductive health behaviours, to inform areas of need, and to design health care services both for pregnancy prevention and pregnancy preparation. A recent paper (1) examined the range of tools available for measuring pregnancy intention, the timing of the use of

The P3 Study Team had an exciting day recently, with Research Midwife Bryony Stoneman and Research Assistant Catherine Stewart filming a role play scenario to illustrate how the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) could be used in antenatal care. As we prepare for the wider roll out of the LMUP in antenatal care around the country, we are developing

The funding for the P3 study has officially finished, so we thought we would take this opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved (so far!). The P3 study aimed to assess women’s feelings and preferences regarding a future pregnancy. Women completed an online survey and were followed up every 3 months for 1 year. Overall, a total of 1000