Laua DomeganClinician

Biography

Laura Domegan is Head of Nursing at Brook, the national sexual health and wellbeing charity founded in 1964, which provides clinical services, education, and training across the UK. She gave oral evidence to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee's one-off session on Sexual Health Services in England (HC 1394) in 2025, representing Brook alongside the Terrence Higgins Trust. In that session she presented findings from Brook's EASY study, which found that condom use is declining among young people while STI rates and emergency contraception use have risen. She has argued publicly that social media misinformation about contraception — particularly influencer content about side effects — is driving young people away from hormonal methods, and that clinic funding pressures have forced Brook to restrict condom distribution that previously reached school nurses and pharmacists.

References

1. 1.Oral evidence: Sexual Health Services in England, HC 1394 — Health and Social Care Committee — Confirms Laura Domegan's role as Head of Nursing at Brook, her appearance as a witness before the Committee, and her evidence on the EASY study, condom use trends, STI rates, social media misinformation, and clinic funding pressures.
2. 2.Health and Social Care Committee — oral evidence PDF, HC 1394 — PDF version confirming Laura Domegan's title and role as witness alongside Richard Angell of Terrence Higgins Trust.
3. 3.Contact us — Brook — Confirms Brook's press contact email (press@brook.org.uk) as the organisational press office address.
4. 4.BROOK YOUNG PEOPLE — Charity Commission register, charity 703015 — Confirms Brook's registered charity status and mission promoting sexual health.
5. 5.Brook Liverpool — Care Quality Commission

Expertise

Cited on

• Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

• Sexual health nursing
• Young people's sexual health
• Contraception access
• STI prevention
• Sexual health service funding
• RSE and health education

Notable achievements

• Gave oral evidence as Head of Nursing, Brook, to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee's inquiry into Sexual Health Services in England (HC 1394), presenting Brook's EASY study findings on declining condom use and rising STIs among young people. Source ↗

What they’ve said

• “Young people in particular are influenced by what they see and hear about contraception. People in our clinics are increasingly expressing concern about hormonal contraception due to things they have heard on social media. Common myths include that the pill will make you gain weight, will impact your long-term fertility or even affect the kinds of people you are attracted to.”

  Brook's head of nursing · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Online misinformation putting women off contraceptive pill, study finds ↗

Source references

1. Online misinformation putting women off contraceptive pill, study findstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Press office emailpress@brook.org.ukpublished here ↗
• Staff pagehttps://www.brook.org.uk/about-brook/

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