Our Healthwatch service is exploring people’s experiences of getting help for pain related to the reproductive organs, such as pelvic or ovarian pain, endometriosis or fibroids, as well as period pain and cramps.
You can tell us about your contact with GPs, hospitals, specialist services and other healthcare providers. Your experiences will help us to understand and share what is working well, what could be improved, and what people need from services in Suffolk now, and into the future.
Please share your experiences at https://healthwatchsuffolk.co.uk/gynaepain/.
We’re asking about this topic because our data tells us women’s experiences in the NHS can involve barriers, including dismissed symptoms and diagnostic delays. Many people have also described impacts from extensive waits for gynaecological treatments in our research.
Don’t miss this opportunity to shape, influence, and improve standards of local care and support with us.
How to take part
You can use our short web form to share your experiences at https://healthwatchsuffolk.co.uk/gynaepain/.
You can be anonymous, but you can also leave details if you’re happy to be contacted by our team. You don’t have to, but it can help us to explore your experiences in more detail, inform how we gather people’s experiences later in the project, and increase the impact of our work.
Need help to take part?
Our team are available to support you to complete our form, or if you have a question about this research.
Please email research@knowingworks.co.uk, or call us for free on 0800 448 8234. British Sign Language support to contact our Healthwatch service is available by using the Convo Now app (https://www.convo.io/uk/convo-now). You can also this contact form to connect with our Healthwatch team: https://healthwatchsuffolk.co.uk/contact/
Alternative formats of our form (including large font, paper copy, and easy read formats) will be available soon, or can be requested from our team (e.g., if you need our form in another language).