{"podcast":{"title":"Menopause Matters, Let’s Talk","slug":"menopause-matters-let-s-talk-6918957","podcast_index_feed_id":6918957,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/664df03655f9a40011180957","website_url":"https://www.letstalkmenopause.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1716383520162-b872619315a92994c81a7e2dbc410ab9.jpeg","author":"Heather Currie and Ruth Devlin","episode_count":48,"summary":"The podcast which we hope will become your go to for anything to do with the menopause & related topics. Each episode will be packed with useful information & resources to help you make those more informed decisions. We will provide information you can trust with no ‘flim flam’ or doom & gloom. =================================== If you have listened to our podcasts already, please complete our short survey, only 9 questions, at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S5RGV8P =================================== Useful links & resources: Women’s Health concern: www.womens-health-concern.org Let’s Talk Menopause : www.letstalkmenopause.co.uk Menopause Matters : www.menopausematters.co.uk NHS inform: www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/womens-health The Menopause Matters;Let’s Talk Podcast is hosted by Dr Heather Currie MBE, founder of Menopause Matters & Ruth Devlin founder of Let’s Talk Menopause. Heather is a gynaecologist with special interests in menopause, Premenstrual syndrome and cervical screening. She is a trustee and past chair of the British Menopause Society (BMS), Co-editor of post Reproductive Health, the journal of the BMS, Clinical advisor to Scottish government for the Women’s…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:21:24.242618+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-matters-let-s-talk-6918957"},"episode":{"title":"The challenges ethnic minority women can face experiencing the menopause.","slug":"the-challenges-ethnic-minority-women-can-face-experiencing-the-menopause","published_at":"2025-08-26T05:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-matters-let-s-talk-6918957/the-challenges-ethnic-minority-women-can-face-experiencing-the-menopause","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-matters-let-s-talk-6918957","url":"https://www.menopausematters.co.uk","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/664df03655f9a40011180957/e/6899edd62c2bd3fa2aa7190d/media.mp3","summary":"This episode we start the conversation about this incredibly challenging and often misunderstood topic. Much more work needs to be done in this area within communities and within healthcare. To help us navigate our way through the many issues women can face we are delighted to welcome onto the podcast Dr Shasi Prasad a GP, BMS accredited Advanced Menopause Specialist and Women’s Integrative & Functional Medicine Doctor. Useful links & resources: ·       Women’s Health concern :  www.womens-health-concern.org/help-and-advice/factsheets ·       British Menopause society: https://thebms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20-BMS-TfC-Menopause-in-ethnic-minority-women-JULY2023-B.pdf ·       Menopause Matters :  www.menopausematters.co.uk ·       Let’s Talk Menopause :  www.letstalkmenopause.co.uk ·       NHS inform:  www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/womens-health ·       National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23/chapter/recommendations Dr Shashi Prasad is a GP, BMS accredited Advanced Menopause Specialist and Women’s Integrative & Functional Medicine Doctor. She is involved in raising menopause awareness in all ethnic communities to help equalise the disparity in menopause care. She has produced a toolkit for the British Menopause Society- “Menopause in Ethnic Minority” which has been published in “The Post reproductive Journal”. She is a member of Royal College of General Practitioners, British Menopause Society, International Menopause Society and Institute of Functional Medicine. She run…","meta_description":"This episode we start the conversation about this incredibly challenging and often misunderstood topic. Much more work needs to be done in this area withi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1451,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/menopause-matters-let-s-talk-6918957/episodes/the-challenges-ethnic-minority-women-can-face-experiencing-the-menopause/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menopause-matters-let-s-talk-6918957/the-challenges-ethnic-minority-women-can-face-experiencing-the-menopause.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}