Bupa Cromwell Hospital: Gynaecology and Women's Health Centre in London

Bupa Cromwell Hospital offers a full range of gynaecological services including “well woman” screening. Many women are part of a “well woman” program which is usually undertaken on a yearly basis. The program includes a cervical smear and pelvic examination to check for diseases of the ovaries and breast examination. Additional tests are undertaken as necessary.

The speciality of Gynaecology is divided into several sub-specialties dealing with a range of disease specific to women:

• Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology

• Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility - for medical and surgical evaluation of women with problems related to the menstrual cycle and fertility. For example, heavy and/or painful periods, endometriosis, pre-menstrual syndrome and difficulty becoming pregnant.  Please note that although the team includes many Gynaecologists specialising in infertility, Bupa Cromwell Hospital does not offer IVF treatment. 

• Gynaecological Oncology - focusing on the medical and surgical treatment of women with cancers of the reproductive organs

• Urogynaecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery - focusing on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of women with urinary incontinence and prolapse of the pelvic organs

• Family Planning

• Menopausal Gynaecology-focusing on menopause and hormone replacement

Gynaecologists also deal with abnormal smears and undertake a procedure called colposcopy to treat these.

In the past many women were offered a hysterectomy to deal with a number of gynaecological problems. Modern gynaecology has focused on developing treatments which try to avoid hysterectomy and other major operations. These surgical treatments are called “minimal access” or “key-hole” surgery procedures which, whilst treating the condition, reduce the need for long hospital stays and recovery.

Please use the list of specialists below to find more about the available clinic times for the Gynaecologists at Bupa Cromwell.

Private gynaecologists in London at Bupa Cromwell Hospital

• N Armstrong

• Alasdair Gordon
• Suzanne Hollamby
• Tom Ind
• Rachel Lyons
• Nicholas Morris
• Rahul Nath
• Julie Price
• Alvan Priddy
• Sheela Purkayastha
• Fateh Raslan
• Michael Stafford

Women’s health and family planning

Many of the Hospital General Practitioners (GPs) specialise in Women’s Health and Family Planning as well as Health Screening.  To find out more information about the specialist range of services and surgical treatments for women available at Bupa Cromwell Hospital, please follow the links below:

• Breast surgery

• Bone densitometry

• Cosmetic breast surgery

• Other cosmetic surgery

• Family planning

• Gynaecology

• GU medicine

• Health screening

• Mammography

Bone densitometry

Osteoporosis is a condition that often affects women after menopause but may also be found in men.  Osteoporosis involves a gradual loss of calcium, causing the bones to become thinner, more fragile and more likely to break.

A bone density scan can be used to assess an individual’s risk for developing fractures but can also track the effects of treatment for osteoporosis and other conditions that cause bone loss.

Bone density scanning, is an enhanced form of x-ray technology that is used to measure bone loss and is most often performed on the lower spine and hips.  Portable devices, including some that use ultrasound to measure the wrist, fingers or heel and are often used for screening purposes. 

You will need a Doctors referral to have a Bone Densitometry test or it can be part of your Health Screen. 

Cosmetic breast surgery

The entire range of cosmetic surgical services are provided at Bupa Cromwell Hospital and their specialist cosmetic surgeons are highly skilled in performing cosmetic breast surgery.

Patients can see specialists in consultation at the Bupa Cromwell Outpatients Clinic. Many procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis in the hospital theatres with aftercare provided by the surgeon and his staff in the Outpatient Clinic.

Find out more about their specialist breast surgeons.

Other cosmetic surgery

Surgeons at Bupa Cromwell Hospital have considerable expertise in the following areas of cosmetic surgery:

• Chemical peels

• Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)

• Cosmetic facial surgery

• Nose re-shaping (rhinoplasty)

• Cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery

• Liposuction

• An oculoplastics service exists in conjunction with the cosmetic surgery team. The service provides reconstructive work for lid malpositions, ptosis, entropion/ectropian, and cosmetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty/brow surgery).

Find out more about specialist plastic surgeons at Bupa Cromwell Hospital. 

Family Planning

Many of their GPs specialise in this area and are able to offer confidential advice and information on all forms of contraception (including the morning after pill) and sexual health.  They also have a Doctor who specialises in well woman and family planning.

GU Medicine

The hospital is able to provide treatments for a range of sexually transmitted diseases including herpes, gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia on an outpatient basis.

Find out more information about their GU Medicine specialists.

Mammography

Mammography remains the best method of early breast cancer detection. Bupa Cromwell Hospital is proud to offer state of the art Digital Mammography which increases patient comfort as the time it takes to x-ray is reduced from conventional methods. The new system emits lower radiation exposure than conventional machines and also reduces the number of false positives in breast cancer detection by using CAD (Computer Aided Detection) giving more peace of mind to the patient.

Bupa Cromwell Hospital’s Diagnostic Centre is also Bupa Accredited.

You will need a Doctors referral to have a Mammogram or it can be part of your Health Screen.

Contact details

Family Medicine Centre
Bupa Cromwell Hospital
162-174 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0TU
United Kingdom

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