The findings of a patient survey to inform the scope of the service.
Key priorities
This section summarises the findings of one thousand and one respondents. Please note that not all respondents answered every question.
Key findings: Priority areas for women’s health services
- Support for all three priority areas was evident. 94.7% of respondents highlighted gynaecology as being very important or important, and menopause was noted to be very important or important to 75.2% of respondents.
- There was least support for contraceptive services with 45.4% identifying it as very important or important.
- Twenty-two other priority areas were identified, however, of these, 122 respondents had already identified menopause, contraceptives and gynaecology as very important or important.
- Breast screening and health was the most frequently suggested other health priority (27.9% of respondents).
- The other main areas of priority identified were mental health (19.2%), fertility (16.4%), and women’s general health (13.3%).