About the Author

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Dr Paula Briggs is a Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health based at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Paula qualified from the University of Glasgow in 1987. She trained as a GP before moving to Liverpool in 1993 and worked in General Practice until 2012 and in Sexual Health until April 2020.

She is now devoted to delivery of women’s health care, research and education. Her main interest is menopause management with a particular interest in urogenital atrophy.

She has co-edited three books and one second edition, co-written an undergraduate textbook in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a revision guide for MFSRH (Membership of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare), and written a patient booklet on menopause (recently translated into Chinese).

She is married with four children and enjoys running, golf, yoga, reading and cooking.