This is a promotional webinar funded and organised by Hologic
Expert spotlight on managing heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care
Webinar recorded on 13 August 2020
The session covers:
- How HMB impacts women
- How to identify HMB and make appropriate referrals through remote communication
- NICE guidelines and patient choice
- Review of patient case studies and discussion on how to manage women presenting different symptoms
- Treatment options including endometrial ablation/NovaSure®
- Resources available for women and HCP
The on-demand webinar is now available to view via the link below.
Useful resources:
- Period diary – the Wear White Again period diary has been designed to help patients and their GP understand their periods and symptoms
- Patient questionnaire – the Wear White Again patient questionnaire helps patients provide GPs with the information they need during their appointment
- Royal College of Nursing Menstrual Health booklet – this publication has been developed to help nurses breakdown the stigma that can be associated with what is a completely natural process
- NICE guidelines – National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for the management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
- RCGP toolkit – Endometriosis UK and The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have developed a Menstrual Wellbeing toolkit which aims to increase GP knowledge and information on how to best diagnose and treat conditions such as heavy periods
Dr Anne Connolly
GP with a special interest (GPSI) in gynaecology based in Bradford and chair of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum
Dr Paula Briggs
Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
NICE defines HMB as ‘excessive menstrual blood loss which interferes with a woman’s physical, social, emotional and/or material quality of life. It can occur alone or in combination with other symptoms.’[2]
HMB is an under-estimated condition causing significant impact on the physical and mental wellbeing of women. Despite affecting more than 1 in 5 women[3], nearly two thirds (62%)[4] do not realise that heavy periods are a treatable medical condition.
Interventions in primary care are critical to help improve women’s quality of life, including discussion of the different treatment options available.
One option to consider is endometrial ablation – a one-off, quick procedure with an average treatment time of 90 seconds that can be offered in an outpatient setting. Learn more about this and who the procedure is suitable for during the webinar.
This is a promotional webinar funded and organised by Hologic
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MISC-06651-GBR-EN Rev 001
September 2020
GP with a special interest (GPSI) in gynaecology based in Bradford and chair of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum.
Dr Anne Connolly works as a GP in inner-city Bradford, where she provides care to asylum seekers, refugees, the homeless and sex workers. She is accredited as a FSRH trainer and hysteroscopist performing diagnostic and treatment procedures in the outpatient setting. Dr Connolly is one of the founder members and Chair of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum, a clinical champion for Women’s Health for RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners) and co-editor of Women’s Health in Primary Care.
Dr Paula Briggs
Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health based at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust.
Paula qualified from University of Glasgow in 1987. She trained as a GP before moving to Liverpool in 1993 and worked in General Practice until 2012 and Sexual Health until April 2020. She is now devoted to delivery of women’s health care, research and education. Her main interest is menopause management with a particular interest in vaginal atrophy. She has co-edited 3 books, co-written an undergraduate textbook in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a revision guide for MFSRH and has written a patient booklet on menopause (recently translated into Chinese). She is married with four children and enjoys running, golf, yoga, reading and cooking.