Urgent Gynaecology Clinic - Horton General Hospital

Clinic times

Mondays to Thursdays, excluding Bank Holidays

There are five appointment slots. All patients are booked at 1.30pm.

Fridays

There are three appointment slots. All patients are booked at 12.00 noon.

Staff

The Clinic staff includes:

• care support worker
• sonographer
• obstetrics and gynaecology registrar

Source of referral: GP

Patients should be given a referral letter or notes should be sent to clinic prior to appointment.

Referral criteria

All patients must have a recent positive pregnancy test.

Patients under sixteen weeks gestation with:

• threatened miscarriage
• abdominal pain and positive pregnancy test
• previous ectopic pregnancy and a positive pregnancy test
• have had no fetal heart heard by sonicaid >15/40

Patients with suspected ectopic pregnancy should be referred directly through the on-call gynaecology registrar as an emergency.

Exclusions

Patients who arrive and have a negative pregnancy test will be referred back to their GP.

Patients who have had a previous ectopic pregnancy and now have a positive pregnancy test are not to be referred to EPAC / Urgent Gynaecology Clinic. Their GP is to refer them to Maternity Ultrasound for a routine early scan at seven weeks' gestation.

Appointment booking

Appointments are made via the Gynaecology Ward.

Tel: 01295 229088

All other referrals must be made via the on-call registrar contactable via the Horton switchboard.

Links

• Gynaecology patient leaflets
• Ectopic pregnancy - NHS website

Hyperemesis (excessive vomiting in early pregnancy)

• For doctors on patient.co.uk
• For patients on patient.co.uk