Event Overview

Join us for this FREE webinar focussing on the latest gambling harms research around women and problem gambling.

* By attending this live webinar, your GP practice will receive the RCGP Gambling Harms practice resource pack and a GP practice accreditation certificate. Learn more about the benefits of Gambling Harms Accreditation here. 

This session is a to highlight the increasing prevalence of gambling harms in women. Society often holds a preconceived idea that gambling harms are mainly experienced by men. However, with the accessibility of online gambling it has become increasingly easy for women to gamble from the comfort and privacy of their own homes as well as being targeted by the gambling industry.

New analysis shows up to one million women could be at risk from gambling harms. Each year, at least 35% of callers to the National Gambling Helpline identify as female, 23% of whom call about their own gambling and 84% about someone else’s. One fifth of all clients in treatment services are women.

Women can be disproportionately harmed by gambling-related harms, experiencing financial difficulties, relationship problems and mental health issues. Evidence also suggests, for many women a compulsion to gamble may be influenced by trauma, domestic abuse, and other pressures such as caring responsibilities. In turn, these problems can cause a sense of isolation and have far-reaching impacts on their families, communities, and personal lives. However, they are often hidden from support services.

Learning Objectives

  1. To raise awareness amongst professionals of how gambling is linked with a range of issues affecting women and girls and helping to better identify women in need
  2. Equip professionals with the knowledge to understand the impact of stigma on women affected by gambling-related harm and learn how to address it effectively
  3. Encourage smooth referral pathways, ensuring the route for women accessing support is clear and straightforward
  4. To recognise how gambling harms relate to safeguarding issues, domestic abuse, financial and coercive control and other health issues
  5. To highlight that there are support and treatment services for women who are affected by another person’s gambling, i.e affected other support.

Who should attend?

Medical practitioners in the primary care setting, including but not limited to:

•    GPs and Practice Nurses

•    Clinical pharmacists, Social prescribers, Health and Well-being Coaches and Care Co-ordinators

•    Non-clinical staff including managers.

 

Speakers and panellists

Dr Emma Ryan, RCGP Clinical Champion for Gambling Harms and GP Lead at the Primary Care Gambling Service

A Lived Experience female colleague  – TBC

Ruth Champion, Director of Systems Commissioning, GambleAware

This webinar has been facilitated with the support of GambleAware.