British Menopause Society: NICE GuidelineThe NICE Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of the Menopause (NG23) plays an important role in raising awareness of all menopausal symptoms and treatment options.
The Guideline provides healthcare professionals with evidence-based information and enables women to better understand the consequences of the menopause and make informed choices about their treatment.
Menopause Initiative: Agency for Clinical InnovationIt is estimated that up to one in four women who go through menopause experience severe symptoms during this transition.
The Agency for Clinical Innovation is leading a project to develop menopause services across NSW.
NSW Govt Perimenopause and menopause toolkitIt's important to encourage conversations about perimenopause and menopause. Sharing knowledge can help break the silence and challenge taboos, and ultimately improve women’s health and wellbeing. This page provides tools and resources from trusted and reliable sources to help you learn more about perimenopause and menopause.
Developed by the Women’s Health Research Program in the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 2023.
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Menopause 2024 The Lancet SeriesMenopause is an inevitable life stage for half the world’s population, but experiences vary hugely. Some women have few or no symptoms over the menopause transition while others have severe symptoms that impair their quality of life and may be persistent. Many women feel unsupported as they transition menopause. To better prepare and support women, the Lancet Series on menopause argues for an approach that goes beyond specific treatments to empower women with high-quality information, tools to support decision making, empathic clinical care, and workplace adjustments as needed. Targeted support is needed for groups who experience early menopause or treatment-induced menopause, and for those at increased risk of mental health problems. The authors recognise how gendered ageism may contribute to negative experiences of menopause and call for reduced stigma and greater recognition of the value and contribution of older women.
