Hopes for consistent care for women during surgical menopause

Ms Danzebrink, also is also part of the Make Menopause Matter campaign, said the results prompted her to search for clinical guidance for surgical menopause via the RCOG website, but could not find it.

She had hoped set guidance would ensure all health care professionals counselled patients fully, prior to surgery, and provided them with appropriate, ongoing care and support.

“I’m dumbfounded by the fact the organisation that represents the clinicians who are going to be removing ovaries doesn’t feel it needs either information for the public or guidance for clinicians,” she said.

“I think it is important to say in the last 10 years, things definitely are starting to move in the right direction.

“There’s more awareness and more information, but we need that information to be absolutely across the board, for all of our healthcare practitioners to be able to feel confident in their menopause knowledge.”