Private GP · Lurgan
Private GP for menopause and perimenopause
Hot flushes, wrecked sleep, a short fuse, and a period pattern that has gone off-script are enough reason to book a longer GP slot. You do not need to “wait until it is unbearable”. We can talk about HRT, non-hormonal options, and what needs a gynaecology opinion rather than a GP prescription.
Alongside the NHS, not instead of it. Keep your NHS GP. Call 999 in an emergency. Friends Medical GP is for planned private appointments and home visits that are not emergencies.
People also search for: perimenopause, HRT advice, hot flushes, change of life.
When to book
- Sleep, mood or hot flushes are taking over
- Your periods have become chaotic in your 40s or 50s
- You want a first conversation about HRT
- You are already on HRT and it is not sitting right
- Brain fog, joint pain or low mood that you think might be hormonal
Call 999 or go to A&E if
- Heavy bleeding that soaks through protection hourly
- Bleeding after menopause (12 months without a period)
- A breast lump, or new nipple change
- Severe pelvic pain with collapse
- Chest pain or breathlessness (call 999 if this might be a clot or heart attack)
For urgent advice that is not an emergency, call 111. Friends Medical GP is not an emergency service.
What happens in the appointment
- The GP takes a symptom and period history, including migraines, clots, migraines with aura, and family history.
- They examine only if it will change the plan.
- HRT is discussed as a choice with risks and benefits, not a sales pitch.
- Blood tests are not always required. If they are, we will say why and where to do them.
Clinic, online, or at home
A first menopause conversation can start online. Bleeding after menopause, a breast lump, or complex HRT (migraine with aura, previous clot) is better in clinic. Sexual health and coils sit with Friends Medical Service.
After you leave
Give any new treatment a fair window, then review. We can write to your NHS GP. We do not take over your NHS smears or breast screening.
FAQs
Can you start HRT in a private GP appointment?
Often yes, if it is appropriate after a proper history. Some cases need a specialist. We will not start treatment against a clear contraindication.
Related problems we see
Anxiety, stress and low mood
Anxiety, stress and low mood are among the commonest reasons people pay for a longer GP appointment. You get a quiet room, more than ten minutes, and a doctor who can issue a fit note, review medication, or write to your NHS GP. This is not a crisis service and it is not a replacement for talking therapies.
Headache and migraine
Headaches are common. Migraine is often under-treated. A private GP slot is long enough to take the history properly, check for the rare dangerous causes, and review the tablets you already buy over the counter.
UTI and cystitis
A urinary tract infection can wreck a day. Burning, frequency, going little and often, or a sudden fever with loin pain should not wait for a routine NHS slot. A GMC-registered GP in Lurgan can assess you the same day or next day, decide if antibiotics are justified, and tell you honestly when this is not a simple UTI.
See a GP this week
Same-day and next-day private GP appointments in Lurgan, or a clinician at home if travel is the problem.