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