Improving women's health and female equity at a secure unit (Hearn, 2024)

Hearn, E. 

Nursing Times, Dec2023; 119(12): 40-41.

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Women comprise less than one-fifth of service users in secure mental health settings, and many therapies and systems are geared towards males, leaving a deficit of care for women. This, the second of two related articles, explains how a nurse-led team used quality-improvement methodology to improve female equity, in terms of therapies and women's health, on a medium-secure forensic mental health unit.