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Most workplaces are unaware how menopause can significantly impact women’s career potential. Too oſten, women suffer in silence and hide their symptoms. The average senior leadership role is when between the age of 40 and late 50s. This is where the symptoms tend to start for women and they can last up to 10 years. Oſten, menopausal symptoms
are overlooked, and it’s crucial women get referred to see their GP, menopause specialist or gynaecologist if the symptoms are giving poor quality of life.
HOW CAN EMPLOYERS OFFER SUPPORT AT THE WORKPLACE? The workplace can play a major role in improving awareness, by changing the physical setup of offices, resetting expectations around work culture and updating healthcare policies. Employees should be encouraged to notify HR or managers early on to determine the best course of action to support individual needs. There are several workplace facilities that can be provided for employees, such as temperature controls in the workplace, with air
MS LUXMI VELAUTHAR Ms Luxmi Velauthar is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist working both in the NHS and Private sector in London. She has been involved in various projects and programmes nationally and internationally empowering women’s wellbeing in the workplace.
conditioning, fans, flexibility with dress code where appropriate, shower facilities, changing rooms and bathroom facilities located closer to the work station. Other reasonable adjustments include flexible work hours (especially when difficulty sleeping is an issue), hybrid working models and shorter, more frequent breaks. All supervisors or managers should be trained to guide and offer support and maintain strict confidentiality, and they should also familiarise themselves with UK menopause policy.
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Mr Tushar Agarwal is currently working as a colorectal surgeon at St Mark’s Hospital, London. He qualified from the University of Delhi, India, and completed his initial postgraduate training in surgery from the University of Delhi. Aſter moving to the UK, he completed his higher surgical training from the North West Thames Surgical Rotation. He was awarded an FRCS Intercollegiate) in 2008, and his speciality training focused on colorectal surgery. Mr Agarwal subsequently completed
a one-year fellowship in colorectal surgery at University College Hospital and Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital. He also undertook a period of observership at the Colorectal Unit at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and at the Trauma unit of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr Agarwal, who was appointed as a consultant surgeon in 2011, initially joined Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as a locum consultant and was subsequently appointed as a substantive consultant at the London North West NHS Trust as a colorectal surgeon. Mr Agarwal specialises in treating
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patients presenting with bowel problems including those with rectal bleeding. He performs various colorectal procedures including proctology procedures (surgery for haemorrhoids, anal fissures and anal
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fistulae), pilonidal sinus surgery and general surgical procedures such as hernia repairs. Mr Agarwal is a JAG-approved endoscopist and carries out diagnostic upper GI endoscopies and colonoscopies. He’s a recognised endoscopy
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