{"id":3976,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/gynaecology\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:44:53","slug":"gynaecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/gynaecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Gynaecology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Gynaecology Services<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are Gynaecology services at the RIE and SJH and a medical and adolescent Gynaecology service at Chalmers. <strong><em>Anyone with suspected cancer should be referred to the RIE or SJH.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/gynaecology\/menopause\/\">menopause service<\/a> is based at Chalmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">eAdvice&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Where referral is not indicated, clinically, eAdvice is available via SCI Gateway at Royal Infirmary at Little France, Gynaecology, Advice Only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colposcopy Services<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Available at RIE, St John&#8217;s and Chalmers and can be accessed via SCI Gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Chalmers, if a smear results indicates a colposcopy is required, then Chalmers will arrange that, so the GP does not need to arrange an appointment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gynaecology Referral Advice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/General-15-Note-regarding-SCI-Gateway-referrals-Gynae-v2-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">General-15-Note-regarding-SCI-Gateway-referrals-Gynae-v2-1.pdf<\/a>for useful referral hints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B.C. &amp; S.G 04-12-24<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Services General Gynaecology Services There are Gynaecology services at the RIE and SJH and a medical and adolescent Gynaecology service at Chalmers. Anyone with suspected cancer should be referred to the RIE or SJH. The menopause service is based at Chalmers. eAdvice&nbsp; Where referral is not indicated, clinically, eAdvice is available via SCI Gateway at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3664,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"class_list":["post-3976","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-gynaecology"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/category\/gynaecology\/\" rel=\"tag\">Gynaecology<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Services General Gynaecology Services There are Gynaecology services at the RIE and SJH and a medical and adolescent Gynaecology service at Chalmers. Anyone with suspected cancer should be referred to the RIE or SJH. The menopause service is based at Chalmers. eAdvice&nbsp; Where referral is not indicated, clinically, eAdvice is available via SCI Gateway at","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27144,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3976\/revisions\/27144"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}