The Royal College of General Practitioners has launched a new suite of e-learning resources to help GPs provide the best possible care to LGBTQ+ patients.
The suite, designed in partnership with the Government Equalities Office, contains podcasts and screencasts, plus six online training modules that provide GPs and other healthcare professionals evidence-based, up-to-date information to deal with the health needs of LGBTQ+ patients.
The six modules are:
- Inequality in healthcare provision – the current state of LGBTQ+ health: providing a current overview of LGBTQ+ health in the UK, identifying health inequalities and exploring how these could be improved
- Creating an inclusive primary care environment: exploring changes that can be made both in the GP surgery and during the GP-patient consultation to have a positive impact on LGBTQ+ patient outcomes
- Mental health and suicide prevention: highlighting health, wellbeing and service provision issues affecting LGBTQ+ patients and looking at how they can be addressed
- Screening issues in the LGBTQ+ population: exploring issues around screening in the LGBTQ+ community, specifically best practice for the cervical smear process in trans men and non-binary people with a cervix
- The older LGBTQ+ patient: exploring the unique health needs of older LGBTQ+ patients
- Sexual and reproductive needs of the LGBTQ+ community: exploring sexual and reproductive health needs of LGBTQ+ patients, including advice for LGB women who wish to conceive and the use of pre and post exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV
Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “GPs are highly-trained to deliver high-quality, non-judgemental care to all our patients. We want to ensure LGBTQ+ patients receive good, safe care, and that they can access our services when they need them.
“We hope that the new e-learning resources – based on the latest clinical evidence – will prove valuable in supporting frontline GPs and our teams to deliver the best possible care for every LGBTQ+ patient we see.”
Baroness Williams, Minister for Equalities, added: “Everyone must be able to access appropriate healthcare and be treated with respect no matter their sexuality.
“It’s great medical professionals now have access to these online modules, allowing this vital training to fit around their busy schedules, developing their delivery of LGBTQ+ inclusive healthcare.”
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