Caroline is an experienced women’s health doctor and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FFSRH).

She is a key opinion leader in women’s health, regularly giving lectures at national meetings. She is a founding member of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum who campaign nationally on women’s health issues. They provide educational webinars and information resources for doctors and nurses and for patients.

Caroline has a holistic approach to women’s reproductive health throughout their life-course, considering the links with lifestyle and overall wellbeing. She works in partnership with women providing individualised care to help to empower them to make decisions about their health.

Experience

• Nationally recognised trainer in sexual and reproductive health, fitting coils and implants. She is the director of the Intrauterine device training programme run by Bayer pharma. Over the years she has trained many of the GPs in Cambridgeshire!
• Caroline was a GP for 17 years, having gained membership of the Royal College of General Practice (MRCGP). She championed women’s health and completed an MSc in Community Gynaecology.
• 6 years in a Community Gynaecology clinic seeing women referred from general practice with menstrual, hormonal, contraceptive and fertility issues.
• Lime Tree Clinic providing contraception and sexual health care in Cambridge for 14 years. She treated patients with a wide range of sexual health issues and provided a contraception referral service from GPs for complex cases.

Caroline has particular expertise in:

• Contraception – helping you choose the right method for you
• Fitting and removal of copper and hormonal coils (Mirena)
• Fitting and removal of contraceptive implants
• Advice and management of periods and other hormonal issues
• Adolescent gynaecology
• Sexual health throughout the life course
• Menopause and perimenopause care