> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # News from the Dispensaire Français – Zoé Bellamy – November 2026 - URL: https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/newsletter-november-2026/ - Published: 2026-11-02T10:09:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-02T11:20:06.000Z - Author: Admin - Tags: Newsletter, News & Events *Your regular update for (almost) everything about life at the Dispensaire* **Dear readers,** As at the start of every month since last June, here is your eagerly awaited new newsletter from the [**Dispensaire Français – French Benevolent Society**](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/)**\*.** After the profiles of [Audrey](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/newsletter-june-2026/), [Nathalie ](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/newsletter-july-2026/)and [Dylan](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/newsletter-august-2026/), followed by those of [Laura Muñoz](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/newsletter-september-2026/) and [Elisabeth Chermette](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/newsletter-october-2026/), meet Zoé Bellamy, GP and gynaecologist. 🌐 And some big news we are very proud of: **our website has (finally) had a makeover! Discover it** [**HERE**](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/). *\* For the sake of editorial clarity, the term ‘Dispensaire’ will be used throughout our newsletters.* --- ## SPOTLIGHT on Zoé Bellamy ### GP, gynaecologist and co-coordinator of the Société Clinique at the Dispensaire ![](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/content/images/2026/11/ZoeBellamy2-NL-copy.jpeg) Although she was born near Paris, Zoé Bellamy spent five years of her childhood in Aberdeen: the origins of her bond with the United Kingdom! After several moves, Zoé began studying medicine in Nancy, before transferring to the Cochin-Port Royal faculty (now Paris Cité) in 2000 for its international outlook. Among other things, she spent a few months on a hospital placement in Boston, then on Réunion Island, where, between challenging hikes, she worked hard for six months. After completing her general practice thesis, Zoé began working as a locum and in family planning, while specialising in medical gynaecology. > ***“A medical gynaecology consultation often opens a window onto the health of a whole family”*** Meeting her husband took her all over France – back to Nancy, then Strasbourg and Nantes – where Zoé kept reinventing herself and gaining a wealth of experience: healthcare for people in precarious situations, family planning, maternal and child health services (PMI), rural medicine and a university preventive medicine centre. With all these different groups, she made prevention and gynaecology her battle cry. > ***“I also trained in active listening: knowing how to listen is a tremendous tool for unlocking critical situations”*** In 2017, when a job opportunity came up in London, Zoé and her husband jumped at the chance they had been dreaming of: to live abroad and give their children an international outlook. Zoé had her qualifications recognised and discovered the Dispensaire Français through the Société Clinique talks: “*I was given an extremely warm welcome at the Dispensaire, and I started working there as soon as I could.”* Alongside this, she has worked in turn for an English clinic, at *Medicare Français*, and finally at *The Medical Chambers Kensington* since 2021\. Her volunteer role at the Dispensaire is twofold: - Zoé holds a general practice and gynaecology clinic one afternoon a month - She is also involved in the Société Clinique as co-coordinator, alongside Dr Sophie Flammarion and Dr Caroline Pontvert. ![](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/content/images/2026/11/Photo-Societe-Clinique-en.png) To conclude, Zoé shares her vision of the Dispensaire: > ***“The Dispensaire Français is both a caring, welcoming family and a very serious healthcare space, where everyone works in a highly professional way, even as a volunteer”*** ![](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/content/images/2026/11/Best-Of-Zoe-en.jpg) 🔗 **Did you enjoy this newsletter?** Forward it to your friends and family and invite them to: [SIGN UP TO THE NEWSLETTER](#/portal/signup/free) ![The Dispensaire Français, 184 Hammersmith Road](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/content/images/2026/11/dispensaire-batiment-hammersmith.jpg) ## To find out more about the Dispensaire, click [here](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/about-us/) 📍 ****+44 020 8222 8822** 184 Hammersmith Road, London W6 7DJ Monday – Thursday 9am-5pm / Friday 9am-4pm Flat rate: £10/consultation + membership: £10/year [en.df-sfb.org.uk](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/) [BECOME A VOLUNTEER](mailto:info@df-sfb.org.uk?subject=Becoming%20a%20volunteer%20at%20the%20Dispensaire) [DONATE](https://en.df-sfb.org.uk/donate/#don) *✍🏻 Many thanks to* [*Delphine Gourgues*](https://www.wordsbydelf.com/?ref=en.df-sfb.org.uk)*, volunteer copywriter, for creating this series of profiles!*