Misogyny in Healthcare with Health Secretary Wes Streeting & Minister for Women's Health Baroness Gillian Merron

About this episode

The episode discusses gender bias and misogyny in healthcare with Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Minister for Women's Health Baroness Gillian Merron.

Link to Pre Order: Tackling Gender Bias in The Healthcare System. What Patient stories Teach Us About Implementing Systemic Change:  https://www.waterstones.com/book/tackling-gender-bias-in-the-healthcare-system/louise-hockings-thompson/jinty-sheerin/9781805018810   Welcome back! Series 16 is here, and we're spending the whole series investigating gender bias and misogyny in healthcare, building up to the publication of our book in September.   And what better place to begin than to Spill the Tea with Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting and Women's Health Minister Baroness Gillian Merron? We ask them about the revised Women's Health Strategy that launched in April, and how they plan to tackle misogyny and racial bias at its very core.   We also examine the striking funding figures that journalist Rosie Taylor revealed when comparing the Women's Health Strategy with the Men's Health Strategy launched in November along with our own thoughts.   Plus, find out all about our adventures trekking the Higher Atlas Mountains with a female-led expedition that took us above the clouds and into beautiful villages. And stick around for some…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jinty Sheerin, Lou Hockings-Thompson

Guests: Wes Streeting, Baroness Gillian Merron

Topics covered

• gender bias
• misogyny in healthcare
• women's health
• systemic change
• funding disparities
• feminist issues

Keywords

• healthcare
• gender bias
• misogyny
• women's health strategy
• funding
• systemic change
• feminism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tackling Gender Bias in The Healthcare System, Ko-Fi, Waterstones

More episodes of WomenKind Collective

• The Gender Credibility Gap in Healthcare with Jen O'Doherty · June 6, 2026 · 48 min
• "Stop Making a Fuss": Birth Trauma with Rosie Taylor · May 30, 2026 · 49 min
• Challenging systemic inequity in Healthcare with Neelam Heera-Shergill · May 23, 2026 · 54 min
• The Gender Pain Gap with Jocelyn from Hysteroscopy Action UK · May 16, 2026 · 45 min
• Killing Eva, True Crime, with BBC journalist Emily Wood · March 28, 2026 · 59 min
• Imposter Syndrome, People Pleasing & Perfectionism with Dr Lee David · March 21, 2026 · 45 min