The Women's Diagnostic Unit at Whittington Health (WH) offers assessment of women and birthing people with gynaecology emergencies. It also runs an early pregnancy service, including an early pregnancy walk-in service and a range of clinics.

Early Pregnancy Service

WH's Early Pregnancy Service cares for women and birthing people up to 17 weeks and six days pregnancy with problems including:

• pain and/or bleeding
• miscarriage
• ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy that is not located in the uterus, which can cause pain and bleeding)
• hyperemesis (severe vomiting)

It also sees women who have had previous miscarriages, ectopic and molar pregnancies. For management of miscarriage, the service offers expectant, medical and surgical options, including MVA.

Women with hyperemesis in early pregnancy can have IV fluids and antiemetics as a day-case rather than being admitted.

Walk-in service

Women and birthing people with an emergency during early pregnancy should come to the walk-in service between Monday to Friday, 8am-6pm. A referral is not needed for the walk-in service. Outside of these hours, go to the Emergency Department.

If you have an emergency during early pregnancy, please attend either:

• Early Pregnancy Walk-In, Betty Mansell Ward, Level 3, Kenwood Wing, or
• Emergency Department, Highgate Hill entrance.

Early Pregnancy Clinic

Appointments are available throughout the week.

Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic

This clinic is on a Wednesday afternoon for women and birthing people who have experienced three or more miscarriages.

Surgical Treatment of Miscarriage Clinic

The service provides appointments for surgical treatment of miscarriage under local anaesthesia (where part of the body is numbed) or general anaesthesia (where you are totally unconscious).

Emergency Gynaecology

WH's emergency gynaecology service cares for women and birthing people with severe and sudden conditions related to the female reproductive system, including: 

• acute pelvic pain
• post-gynaecology surgical problems
• severe menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding)
• acute pelvic inflammatory disease
• bartholin's cyst and abscess

In the hospital, patients will be seen by the gynaecology on-call team who will investigate problems and start treatment. 

Hysteroscopy Clinic

Appointments are available during:

• Monday afternoon
• Tuesday morning
• Wednesday morning
• Thursday morning
• Friday morning.

Please also consider the related services listed below.

How to Refer

Locations

Early Pregnancy Assessment & Gynaecology Emergency Diagnostic Unit