- FoI Number
- 2022-774
- Subject
- Menopause GP & A&E
- Date Received
- 01/03/2023
- Request and Response
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1. How many patients have presented at A&E reporting perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms? Please break down by month since January 2018.
February 2023: 1
December 2022: 1
April 2018: 1
2. How many GP practices currently employ a healthcare professional with a special interest in menopause? Please also represent as a percentage of the total number of GP practices within the health board area.
Nil, NHS Shetland has 8 2C (health board operated) GP Practices.
To provide some context whilst no practice employs GPs with a formal GP with special interest in menopause role we do have several GPs with an interest in Women’s Health (not just menopause).
