GamCare in Britain, which provides gambling support for women in need of it, reported that there has been a 6% rise in access to gambling assistance in the UK.
The charity, which trains healthcare organisations, feels its GamCare Women’s Programme is likely to have positively contributed to increased numbers of women coming forward for support.
GamCare believes that women are at greater risk from gambling harm than men in the UK with up to 1 million of them. GamCare cites the claims of women being disproportionately affected gambling-related injuries, such as financial, relationship, and mental health problems.
An independent evaluation report produced by inFocus Consulting found that 85% of GamCare Women’s Programme participants improved their understanding of gambling-related harm. It also included tips on how to identify and support women who are in gambling-related need.
GamCare delivered training to 918 UK healthcare organizations in the past year. According to the charity, 97% of UK healthcare workers understood that problem gambling could affect women. 96% claimed they were able to identify gambling-related problems in women after receiving training.
GamCare noted that only 81% had succeeded in identifying all factors related to problem gambling in women prior to training. Following training, the number jumped to 87%.
And GamCare hopes to see these figures improve, with one GamCare staff member feeling awareness of women’s gambling issues is still garnering attention.
They said: “I think it’s just getting out there in public. When we look at mental health, it’s screamed about everywhere, but nobody says that sometimes the causation of these mental health problems might be gambling… particularly when it comes to women.”
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