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Gynaecology


Our care pathways have changed, both to safeguard patients from exposure to Covid-19 and due to the demands placed on services in treating those affected by the disease. To view our current waiting times please click here (last updated 18 May 2021).

This webpage was last updated on: 25 Jun 2021 13:02:04.587

 

 

 

Clinical Pathway

Recommended Action

Obstetrics 

All pathways will need to continue. Antenatal scans moved to Newmarket Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 

Early pregnancy unit

Must continue, on F14

Termination 

Must continue, maintaining service on F14 as one stop medical termination as much as possible currently 

Miscarriage 

Must continue, will be managed in same way via F14

Ectopic scanning 

On F14

Missed miscarriage

Must continue

Ward attenders from ED

Will continue and will go straight to gynae triage unit 

Colposcopy 

Clinical review of patients and those that must attend are being spaced out in clinic to avoid waiting times, so capacity slightly reduced

Hysteroscopy

Cancer pathway patients to continue via day surgery 

Standard diagnostics/routines all cancelled unless p1, p2, or clinically urgent

Vulval

All patients triaged and telephoned – then either discharged/delayed or will bring in those with real clinical concern

2WW clinics

To continue, moved to morning clinics so not mixing with obstetrics where possible, one stop clinics

Cancer diagnostics

To continue scans 

Elective cancers

Early cancers & high grade abnormalities with co morbidities will be treated with mirena coils where possible and will be re-visited  

Other elective cancers will be reviewed on a case by case basis and clinically reviewed 

Uro-gynaecology

Patients have been clinically reviewed and either delayed or moved to a clinic in Sudbury to arrange patients to have symptom  management

Surgery has all been cancelled.

Long waiting patients are reviewed for suitability for peripheral clinics for interim supportive management (i.e. pessary) to mitigate worsening condition and complexity of surgery when re-commenced

Routine outpatients

All patients have been cancelled and will be moved to telephone clinics where possible for those that had been booked

Routine Surgery 

Cancelled