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Everything you didn't know that you don't know about LGBTQIA: Inclusive family care!

Time slot
Tuesday 12 May 2026 - 08:00-08:30
Room
Hall 8A
Session type
Workshop

About this workshop

This workshop uses a Priority Setting Partnership for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Care as a springboard to help delegates better understand the needs of LGBTQIA+ families and increase their confidence in providing inclusive care. Led by a collaboration of LGBTQIA+ parents and professionals, the session will showcase the Top 20 collaboratively identified unanswered questions in LGBTQIA+ perinatal care, which participants will explore interactively.

We will present the evidence for the one question that is currently answered (the long‑term outcomes for children from LGBTQIA+ families). The workshop will also cover the basics of LGBTQIA+ family‑making, inclusive language, and parents’ stories.

Speakers

  • Dr Ilana Levene - Neonatal GRID trainee, Oxford University Hospitals
  • Ash Bainbridge - Midwife, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 
  • Mx Nat Boxall - Feeding Specialist Midwife, Sherwood Forest Hospitals
  • Professor Catherine Meads - Professor of Health, Anglia Ruskin University
Engagement, CYP, advocacy and play Health service delivery, management, patient safety, QI, EDI, prescribing and technology