Dr Louise Newson worked as a GP in the West Midlands for 15 years, and has written hundreds of articles on various topics for doctors, patients and organisations including the Royal College of General Practitioners and the British Journal of Family Medicine. In more recent years, she has written an increasing number of articles on women’s health issues including the menopause and its management. She is also involved in running courses for training doctors and nurses about the menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). She is now the founder of a website (menopausedoctor.co.uk) to educate others and tell more people about the effects of the menopause.
Here, she tells OM her own story and how she became one of the UK’s leading experts in the menopause field: