You might have heard the news that the NHS have recently set an ambitious goal to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040. They’ll achieve this with HPV vaccinations and by continuing to encourage women to have regular smear tests.

To mark World Menopause Day, we look at the important role of a menopause specialist for helping women to navigate the changes during perimenopause and menopause.

Has sex become painful during menopause? Does your vagina feel dry or itchy, or do you find you need to pee more often? These are all common symptoms in perimenopause and menopause, and 1 in 2 women will experience them. 

Have you been struggling with the symptoms of menopause for a while but don’t know whether to go on HRT? Hot flushes, mood swings, night sweats and anxiety can seriously impact the quality of your life, but it’s sometimes hard to know what to do.

We talk to Doctors Zoe Bellamy and Marguerite Anderson, GPs with special expertise and vast experience in gynaecology and women’s health at our clinic, about the

More and more women are sharing harrowing and painful experiences of having a coil fitted, and the subject made headline news recently when BBC presenter Naga Munchetty

Do you feel like you need to go to the bathroom all the time, or find yourself peeing when you cough, laugh or do exercise? It’s a common problem for women - especially during perimenopause or menopause, or after a vaginal birth.

The more we talk about menopause as a society, the more we can aim to support women through this major milestone. Knowing the facts is useful, but with so many conflicting stories in the news around treatments and lifestyle choices, it can be hard to know what to believe.

Menopause can trigger all sorts of emotional changes, from anxiety to low mood to depression. If you’ve noticed a difference in your mood, it is more than likely to do with a number of factors, including a change in hormones, and the effect of common menopausal symptoms on your lifestyle.

Perimenopause loosely translates as ‘around menopause’, which is a vague yet apt description for this undefined period of time that marks the transition to menopause.