Calls for cold water swimming to be made safer for women

Cold water swimming is growing in popularity amongst women, but more support is needed to make many wild swimming sites in the UK safer and more accessible, finds a new study led by Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health).

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