Community Gynaecology provides specialist gynaecology services from the Ivy Centre at St Leonard's Hospital.
There is also a community gynaecology pilot which includes:
- community gynaecology PCN clinics based in primary care
- virtual engagement events and group consultations on topics like menopause, menstrual health, fertility and continence
- training, shadowing and support to develop skills in primary care and other community services
Please email suemann1@nhs.net if you would like to be involved in improving training and education in Women's Health. For more information on the management of Women's Health services, please email cate.onanda1@nhs.net
Virtual Patient Engagement Events and Group Consultations
We offer regular Virtual Patient Engagement Events and Group Consultations on topics like Menopause, Menstrual Health, Fertility & Planning Pregnancy, Continence and Contraception.
• Virtual Engagement Events are larger sessions, with 100-150 attendees and a panel of speakers giving general information and answering general questions.
• Group Consultations are smaller groups of about 10, where patients have one-to-one consultations in a group setting.
• We recommend patients attend an engagement event first, then can register for a group consultation afterwards if they need more personalised care.
You can share these registration links with anyone registered with a City & Hackney GP, who would like to find out more or attend one of these:
Menopause Virtual Engagement Event
Menopause Virtual Group Consultation
Sex, Pleasure and Menopause virtual session
Eligibility criteria
Inclusions
- Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
- Other bleeding problems (where no indication for hysteroscopy or colposcopy)
- Secondary Amenorrhoea and Oligomenorrhoea
- PCOS
- Dysmenorrhoea and/or Pelvic pain (consider need for referral to hospital endometriosis service)
- Advice regarding Fibroids or Adenomyosis where patient does not require or desire surgery
- Complex Menopause care including Iatrogenic Menopause
- Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) / Premature Menopause
- Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Cervical polyp
- Difficult Cervical Smear
- Vulval pain
Exclusions
- Under the age of 16
- Suspected cancer
- Pregnancy problems and/or requests for abortion
- Patients requiring fertility treatment
- Colposcopy
