HRT and Menopause

168 Medical Group is committed to providing the best possible treatment to our patients who may be experiencing symptoms of menopause.

In medical terms, the menopause is usually defined as the time reached one year after a woman’s last menstrual period. However, people often refer to the time leading up to as well as the time after a woman’s last period as being the menopause. The years leading up to the menopause are called the peri-menopauseal. The menopause is a normal stage of a woman’s life.

The menopause is a natural event. Every woman will go through it at some point. You may have no problems. However, it is common to develop one or more symptoms which are due to the dropping level of oestrogen. About 8 out of 10 women will develop menopausal symptoms at some point. Around a quarter of women have very severe symptoms.

Symptoms of the menopause may only last a few months in some women. However, for others symptoms can continue for several years. Some women may have early menopause symptoms that start months or years before their periods stop (peri-menopauseal or pre-menopausal symptoms). More than half of women have symptoms for more than seven years.

Menopause Symptom Questionnaire

Please fill in this questionnaire and return it to the surgery when completed.

Improved Access

We are working together with other local practices to offer patients access to more appointments in the early mornings, evenings and at weekends. To find out more about these services, please contact the practice.

Customer Notice

We are having a new phone installed on Friday 5th August. This should not affect your ability to contact the Surgery as the switch over should be seamless. Please bear with us if you experience any issues.

Kind regards,

168 Medical Group

Surgery Closure

Due to a national problem with our clinical system, we are unable to open the surgery for the remainder of the afternoon (Friday 26th May).

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 999. If you have an non-emergency query, please call 111.

Thank you for your patience.

askmyGP is currently offline

Unfortunately, our askmyGP service will be offline today – if you have an urgent request, you will need to call the surgery on the below number.

Due to clinician sickness we have an increased demand on our services. Therefore we are only able to offer urgent appointments. We are triaging all requests and prioritising urgent requests first. 

Please call the surgery to make an appointment on 01934 624 242.