Taking a trauma-informed care approach in women’s health

In this episode, we talk again with Jen MacLellan, a qualitative researcher based within the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. 

Title of paper: Unpacking complexity: GP perspectives on addressing the contribution of trauma to women’s ill health

Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0024

Significant challenges and uncertainties reside in how best to manage the link between mind and body in communication with patients and in healthcare pathways. Lack of supportive resources to deliver holistic, trauma informed care risks practitioners (inadvertently) avoiding discussion of the contribution of distress in the illness presentation. A trauma informed systems level approach would support integration of psychological support within multiple care pathways and support wellbeing of practitioners providing care.

This study was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (NIHR202450). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.