Dr Sarah Hillman MBChB PhD MRCOG MRCGP

School of Health Sciences
Clinical Associate Professor in Women’s Health and Primary Care
125 Anniversary Fellow

Contact details

Email: s.c.hillman@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @sarahhillman26

Address: Murray Learning Centre
School of Health Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Dr Sarah Hillman is a GP and Clinical Associate Professor in Women’s health and Primary Care at the University of Birmingham. Sarah is a mixed methodologist and her research interests are in community Women’s health having previously trained for some years in Obstetrics and Gynaecology before becoming a GP. She is a member of both the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal college of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Sarah is a reviewer for MBRRACE and has co-led the NIHR studies “GRACE” and “Menopause Gap”.

Sarah has recently been awarded an NIHR advanced fellowship to look at experience of HRT. She has been a committee member for NICE, a member of the Clinical advisory group for NHSE (menopause) and a steering group member for the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership on menopause. Sarah has experience in dissemination having spoken on Radio 4’s women’s hour and having done a TEDx talk.

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Qualifications

MRCGP 2020
PhD University of Birmingham 2014
MRCOG 2009
MBChB University of Birmingham 2004
BMedSci University of Birmingham 2001

Postgraduate supervision

women's health
primary care

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Parsons, J, Hillman, S, Grimley, C & Clarke, L 2025, 'How can the Illness Risk Representation Framework be used to explain flu, whooping cough and Covid-19 vaccination uptake amongst pregnant women? A qualitative study', Journal of Health Psychology.

Grimley, C, Atherton, H, Bick, D, Clarke, L, Hillman, S & Parsons, J 2025, 'Midwives’ perceptions and experiences of recommending and delivering vaccinations to pregnant women following the Covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study', Midwifery, vol. 140, 104206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.104206

CHAPTER Group, Hodgetts Morton, V, Man, R, Perry, R, Hughes, T, Tohill, S, MacArthur, C, Magill, L & Morris, RK 2024, 'Childbirth Acquired Perineal Trauma study (CHAPTER): a UK prospective cohort study protocol', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 5, e086724. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086724

Eccles, A, Parsons, J, Bick, D, Keighley, MRB, Clements, A, Cornish, J, Embleton, S, McNiven, A, Seers, K & Hillman, SC 2024, 'GP’s role in supporting women with anal incontinence after childbirth injury: a qualitative study', British Journal of General Practice, vol. 74, no. 746, pp. e587-e594. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0356

Parsons, J, Grimley, C, Atherton, H, Clarke, L, Hillman, S & Bick, D 2024, 'What factors influence the uptake of vaccinations amongst pregnant women following the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study', Midwifery, vol. 134, 104021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.104021

Macdonald, C, MacGregor, B, Hillman, S, MacArthur, C, Bick, D & Taylor, B 2023, 'Qualitative systematic review of general practitioners' (GPs') views and experiences of providing postnatal care', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 4, e070005. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070005

Rees, S, Owen, C, Baumhauer, C & Hillman, S 2023, 'Vulval lichen sclerosus in primary care: Thinking beyond thrush and genitourinary symptoms of the menopause', British Journal of General Practice, vol. 73, no. 730, pp. 234-236. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP23X732861

Parsons, J, Eccles, A, Bick, D, Keighley, MRB, Clements, A, Cornish, J, Embleton, S, McNiven, A, Seers, K & Hillman, S 2023, 'Women’s experiences of anal incontinence following vaginal birth: A qualitative study of missed opportunities in routine care contacts', PLOS One, vol. 18, no. 6, e0287779. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287779

Mooney, J, Yau, R, Moiz, H, Kidy, F, Evans, A, Hillman, S, Todkill, D & Shantikumar, S 2022, 'Associations between socioeconomic deprivation and pharmaceutical prescribing in primary care in England', Postgraduate medical journal, vol. 98, no. 1157, pp. 193-198. https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138944

Afuwape, I, Parsons, J, Bick, D, Dale, J & Hillman, SC 2022, 'Vaccines and pregnancy', InnovAiT, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 14-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/17557380211051765

Reichel, H, Stanbrook, R, Johnson, H, Proto, W, Shantikumar, M, Bakhshi, P, Hillman, S, Todkill, D & Shantikumar, S 2021, 'Guidance impact on primary care prescribing rates of simple analgesia: An interrupted time series analysis in England', British Journal of General Practice, vol. 71, no. 704, pp. E201-E208. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X714101

Comment/debate

MacGregor, R, Jain, V, Hillman, S & Lumsden, MA 2022, 'Investigating abnormal uterine bleeding in reproductive aged women', The BMJ, vol. 378, e070906. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-070906

Editorial

MacGregor, B, Shakespeare, J, Kotnis, R, Knight, M & Hillman, S 2022, 'MBRRACE 2021: preventing maternal deaths — we are all part of the solution', British Journal of General Practice, vol. 72, no. 717, pp. 148-149. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp22X718829

Letter

Sexton, V, Dale, J, Hillman, S, Hoverd, E, Leach, H, MacGregor, B, McLoughlin, B, Paule, A, Shariff, Z, Spencer, R, Thomas, N, Valdes, D, Watson, E, Navarathnage, SW & Atherton, H 2022, 'Socioeconomic differences in help seeking for colorectal cancer symptoms during COVID-19', British Journal of General Practice, vol. 72, no. 721, pp. 372-372. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp22X720233

Review article

Mishra, GD, Davies, MC, Hillman, S, Chung, HF, Roy, S, Maclaran, K & Hickey, M 2024, 'Optimising health after early menopause', The Lancet, vol. 403, no. 10430, pp. 958-968. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02800-3

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